Three years after Grenfell government still dragging its feet on cladding
Last weeks cladding debate in Parliament was of real importance to people living across Dagenham and Rainham, particularly leaseholders in buildings that require retrofits to meet safety regulations. Labour MPs put forward a motion to protect leaseholders and shared owners who have been shouldering astronomical retrofit costs which they […]Click here to view original web…
11 million British people still live in buildings at serious fire risk
The devastating, heart-breaking Grenfell Tower fire happened almost four years ago. The Tower’s residents had raised concerns about defective cladding for years and were ignored. When fire broke out, by the time it was controlled 72 people had tragically lost their lives. That fire was preventable and is a […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Housing Secretary set to announce billions of pounds of support
Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders say they are ‘trapped’ in un-sellable homes. The Government is expected to announce billions of pounds in funding to help tackle the cladding crisis, more than three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders are facing huge […] Click here to view original…
Persimmon creates £75m cladding fund as UK leaseholders set for new government lifeline
Persimmon has put aside £75m for cladding safety costs. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA via Getty Developer Persimmon has vowed to set aside £75m ($104m) to fix potentially unsafe cladding on its buildings, as the government prepares a new bailout to help tackle the cladding scandal. UK housing secretary Robert Jenrick […] Click here to view original…
Builders who use Grenfell cladding give Tories £2.5m
Simon, Jamie and David Reuben have given to the Tories and Boris Johnson Property developers who built flats covered in dangerous cladding have donated £2.5 million to the Conservative Party since the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, analysis has found. Boris Johnson has personally received £50,000 from individuals with […] Click here to view original…
The Government doesn’t know how many people are affected by the cladding crisis, i investigation reveals
What started with dangerous cladding is now a building safety emergency which risks causing a personal finance catastrophe Sophie Grayling and her son (L) and Clair Havard are both leaseholders living in flats with unsafe cladding and fire safety issues The does not actually know the true scale of […] Click here to view original…
Good news for Eastbourne residents living with ‘unsafe’ building cladding
Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes now because of a five-point plan that was revealed on February 10, which the MP for Eastbourne, Caroline Ansell, has welcomed after months of campaigning on behalf of residents. There are […] Click here to view original…
Cladding row: ‘Innocent leaseholders must not pay for fire safety defects’
Robert Jenrick recently announced a plan to tackle the scandal, nearly four years after the Grenfell Tower fire exposed the crisis. Conservative backbenchers have vowed to continue fighting on behalf of leaseholders living in buildings affected by dangerous cladding. It comes after Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick announced a plan […] Click here to view original…
The Great Cladding Divide: Bailout farce as some residents face £40,000 bill to replace flammable material while others won’t pay a penny just because they live one storey higher
It is a stark illustration of the unfairness of the Government’s cladding bailout – a single development where half the residents are set to benefit and the others face huge bills for repair work. Phillip Symes and Carol Grogan live in the same six-building estate by the Mersey in […] Click here to view original…
Podcast: Why Robert Jenrick’s £3.5bn cladding plan fails leaseholders
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced a £3.5bn fund to fix dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings in England. This falls short of the £15bn recommended by a committee of MPs in 2020, and excludes many of the millions of leaseholders affected by the cladding crisis that followed the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Cladding scandal victims ‘betrayed’ by £3.5bn Government package which still leaves them in tens of thousands of pounds of debt
The Housing Secretary has been accused of a “betrayal” of hundreds of thousands of leaseholders after he unveiled a new £3.5 billion package to end the “cladding scandal”. St George’s Building is one of the residential blocks in the region affected by the scandal In a Commons statement, Robert […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell cladding firm did not withdraw ACM for ‘commercial’ reasons, inquiry hears
Welsh social tenants paid £4.2m in unlawful service charges following legislative error Fire brigade has only implemented four of 29 Grenfell Inquiry recommendations, says report New supply will suffer as sector picks up bill for fire safety works, housing associations warn The Grenfell Tower Inquiry has demonstrated the challenges […] Click here to view original…