© Gary Hider Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, as housing secretary Robert Jenrick unveils a 5-point plan With a £5bn investment in building safety , the Jenrick confirmed to the House of Commons that the government […]Click here to view original web…

The UK Government has announced £3.5 billion in new funding to replace unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres (6 storeys) and over in England. To pay for cladding remediation costs, a new tax, earmarked for the UK residential property development sector, will raise at least […] Click here to view original…

Fund is in addition to the £1.6bn released for the Building Safety Fund, announced last year, and will be used to help remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings, but critics say the proposals fall short of what is needed. Housing Secretary Rt Hon Robert Jenrick MP Housing Secretary Robert […] Click here to view original…

Three and a half years on from the Grenfell Tower fire, the UK is still battling with the repercussions. The “cladding crisis”, sparked by the identification of fire safety defects in other buildings, has left many people living in unsafe and unsellable homes. Following the announcement of further funding […] Click here to view original…

The UK government’s plan to spend £5bn replacing unsafe cladding on homes and buildings across the UK, while introducing a developer levy and a residential property development tax, has been widely derided by householders and industry figures alike. The announcement came amid growing pressure on the government, which has […] Click here to view original…

Calling the cladding crisis a nightmare is more than just a metaphor. A survey of the mental health of affected residents in May 2020 found seven out of 10 had trouble sleeping. The fear of a repeat of the Grenfell fire, an unsellable home, and ever rising repair bills […] Click here to view original…

Workmen remove the cladding from the facade of a block of flats in Paddington, north London THE government’s new two-tier system for funding the removal of flammable cladding from people’s homes was criticised as “shameful” and “divisive” after it was announced today. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told the Commons […] Click here to view original…

But campaigners say the new money does not cover significant costs to leaseholders Contractors undertake remove and replace non-compliant cladding at a residential property in Paddington, London, last month THE Government has allocated a further £3.5 billion towards the cost of removing unsafe cladding from buildings across England, after […] Click here to view original…

Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Robert Jenrick Never let it be said that Boris Johnson is not delivering on his promise to “level up” Britain. Within weeks of launching a tier system of coronavirus restrictions it had become such a success that all of the […] Click here to view original…

The UK government says it will spend an additional 3.5 billion pounds ($A6.3 billion) to remove dangerous cladding on high-rise residential buildings, more than three years after flammable cladding was blamed for a deadly tower block fire in London. More than 70 people died in the 2017 blaze at […] Click here to view original…

Jaggery/Geograph Victoria Wharf in Cardiff Bay is just one block of flats in Wales that needs safety improvements “Urgent clarification” is being sought on an extra £3.5bn announced by the UK government to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said the cash was for buildings […] Click here to view original…

The announcement comes more than three years after the Grenfell Tower fire. Billions of pounds in funding to help tackle the cladding crisis is set to be announced – more than three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower disaster. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick is due to address […] Click here to view original…