New Providence Wharf with cladding still in place Deadly fire-risk cladding still hasn’t been taken off the New Providence Wharf development near Canary Wharf three and a half years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy which claimed 72 lives, a government report reveals this week. The Housing Ministry splashed out […]Click here to view original web…

Since the Grenfell Tower disaster in June 2017, the government has set up a Building Safety Fund worth £1.6bn to help those living in similarly unsafe housing, but there are concerns it will not fully fund the remediation work that’s required “It has put everything on hold. I can’t […] Click here to view original…

Defects remain widespread and residents face financial ruin Grenfell Tower. Picture: Carcharoth The extent of London’s cladding crisis has been laid bare by a report from the London Assembly, with both the Mayor of London and the Government urged to act. More than three years on from the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…

The block of flats was given the lowest fire safety rating possible Anna lives on the 18th floor of a block of flats in Barking and all she thinks about is cladding. “I wake up in the morning it’s cladding, I go to sleep I think about cladding,” she […] Click here to view original…

Fuller Court in Hornsey Frustrated London flat owners have launched a £2.2 million claim over the cost of fire safety repairs in what is thought to be one of the first legal cases of its kind since the Grenfell disaster. Residents at the Fuller Court blocks in Hornsey are […] Click here to view original…

Last year the Government clarified that an EWS1 is not required for buildings without cladding, but the position for buildings with cladding remains uncertain. Proposed RICS guidance may help. The over-use of the external wall fire review process and EWS1 form (‘EWS1’) within the residential property sector has left […] Click here to view original…

The GP of leaseholder who has seen their mental health deteriorate as a result of the cladding scandal has written to an MP pleading for help Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk

GP pleads for MP to help fix cladding scandal after patient experiences ‘suicidal thoughts’ Housing association block pays £49,000 a month for three-person waking watch Scottish regulator directs transfer of Glasgow-based housing association’s homes A look at the year ahead: the big issues for housing in 2021 January 2021 […] Click here to view original…

Debt, bankruptcy and fear now plague these innocent first-time buyers in Yorkshire now caught in the cladding scandal First-time buyer Olivia Hill outside the apartment block where she lives in Sheffield that has unsafe cladding The flammable cladding and insulation scandal came to light after the Grenfell Tower fire […] Click here to view original…

It’s amazing how expensive it is to build cheaply. Years on from the Grenfell Tower disaster, leaseholders in flats across the UK are learning this the hard way as inspections of their buildings are revealing a myriad of fire safety defects…. To continue reading Already a subscriber? Log in […] Click here to view original…

Kirsty McGilway, resident of Butterfield House with fellow residents campaigning against developers Get US and UK politics insight with our free daily email briefing straight to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other […] Click here to view original…

All high-rise buildings in the social sector and student buildings are now fully remediated or have work underway to remove unsafe ACM cladding, according to recent Government figures Around 95% of the highest risk buildings with unsafe cladding similar to that found on Grenfell Tower have been made safe […] Click here to view original…