TV celebrity backs campaign to End Our Cladding Scandal
Phil Spencer has joined the campaign to end the cladding scandal. He is backing those campaigners seeking a solution for leaseholders whose buildings have failed inspections and face huge bills to make them safe and sellable. In a video interview (below) with Giles Grover – of Manchester Cladiators, a […]Click here to view original web…
How the cladding scandal is affecting people on the government’s Help to Buy scheme
Leaseholders feel ‘more trapped’ in blocks with cladding because of Help to Buy loans Jenrick poised to unveil further cladding crisis funding Former Arconic employee who sold ACM used on Grenfell agrees certificate was ‘misleading’ Voluntary Right to Buy pilot review: doubts raised over one-for-one replacement of homes sold […] Click here to view original…
Jenrick poised to unveil further cladding crisis funding
Former Arconic employee who sold ACM used on Grenfell agrees certificate was ‘misleading’ Kingspan manager celebrated ‘plainly misleading’ insulation certificate as ‘FANBLOODYTASTIC’ The week in housing: the cladding crisis dominates the news once again Barratt becomes first house builder to back developer levy to fund cladding removal Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…
Phil Spencer joins campaign to End Our Cladding Scandal
Good news for market as mortgage choice hits 12-month high Phil Spencer has joined the campaign to end the cladding scandal, seeking a solution for leaseholders whose buildings have failed inspections and face huge bills to make them safe and sellable. In a video interview with Giles Grover – […] Click here to view original…
UK ministers to announce billions in extra support for cladding removal
Ministers are poised to announce billions of pounds in extra support to address the cladding crisis that has left homeowners bankrupt and distraught, though key questions remain over how much leaseholders will be expected to contribute. Robert Jenrick, the communities secretary, will announce the new measures in parliament on […] Click here to view original…
Cladding fund: Government expected to announce £5 billion bailout — but experts say it won’t scratch the surface
“Incredibly complex”: more than 3,250 buildings need dangerous cladding removed T he Government is finally coming to terms with the fact that the cladding crisis is not going to go away if it is ignored for long enough. An announcement of a £5 billion bailout fund to assist owners […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower inquiry: Cladding company sold flammable product ‘by default’
The company that made Grenfell Tower’s cladding would “by default” sell flammable materials to construction projects, including high-rise buildings, a sales manager has said. Deborah French told the public inquiry into the June 2017 west London blaze that Arconic could have sold a fire-retardant product. But she said it […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Kingspan employees kept fire test results ‘secret’
A public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire heard employees at Kingspan who conducted fire tests on their products kept the reports “secret”. Andrew Pack is a Global Technical Support Manager at the Irish building materials company, He has been giving evidence to the public inquiry into the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell insulation firm boss told his staff to let concerns about their product ‘gather dust’, public inquiry hears as executives from cladding company prepare to face questions
The boss of a firm that sold insulation used at Grenfell Tower told staff to let concerns about their product ‘gather dust,’ a public inquiry has heard as executives from a cladding company prepare to face questions. Industry certifying body the BBA first raised concerns with Kingspan’s Kooltherm K15 […] Click here to view original…
We still have dangerous cladding on buildings with 24/7 fire patrols
Grenfell was a tragedy so horrific, so devastating and so avoidable, that I think we all thought that any government would do whatever it takes to get rid of the flammable cladding that caused it. Far from doing whatever it takes, this government has done whatever it felt it […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell inquiry: Cladding firm witnesses branded ‘unreasonable’ for refusal to give evidence
The witnesses were branded ‘unreasonable’ / PA T hree key witnesses to the Grenfell Tower inquiry were branded “unreasonable” today as they maintained their refusal to give evidence over a fear of criminal prosecution. Claude Wehrle, Peter Froehlich and Gwenaëlle Derrendinger opted not to cooperate with the public inquiry […] Click here to view original…
Bexhill residents ‘living in fear’ from ‘fire risk’ cladding
The Landmark building in Bexhill. Picture from Google SUS-210902-113527001 Surveyors have recommended major repairs to the Landmark following a safety report. Residents have seen their insurance costs rise, as well as bills for new safety measures increase. Some residents said their flats are now worthless and are unable to […] Click here to view original…