Protect leaseholders from cladding removal costs, say MPs
The government must make clear how it will protect leaseholders from having to pay towards removing flammable cladding from their homes, MPs say. The Commons housing committee said it was alarmed some individuals would be liable for correcting historical defects under proposed legislation. It said a £1.6bn government fund […]Click here to view original web…
Lenders refuse to back cladding initiative to help 450,000 trapped owners sell
previous next The government’s announcement over the weekend that it is to step in and help some 450,000 homeowners trapped by the cladding scandal to sell their homes has descended into farce. The initiative is designed to help those living in towers over 18 metres tall who have been […] Click here to view original…
Protect leaseholders from cladding removal costs, say MPs
The government must make clear how it will protect leaseholders from having to pay towards removing flammable cladding from their homes, MPs say. The Commons housing committee said it was alarmed that under proposed legislation some individuals would be liable for correcting historic defects. It said a £1.6bn government […] Click here to view original…
Confusion over government’s EWS announcement on buildings without cladding
How the Social Housing White Paper will impact the sector: the tenants Voluntary Right to Buy pilot cash was redirected to ACM fund November 2020 digital edition of Inside Housing out now East Midlands council reviewing allocations policy following ombudsman investigation Government considering further extensions to Right to Buy […] Click here to view original…
From Grenfell to PPE, absolute power still corrupts in high places
A cladding manufacturer allegedly fakes results to win a contract for material it knows is a deathtrap. The government sets up a system to reward companies with whom ministers have links. Almost 90% of Windrush victims making compensation claims have yet to receive payment, while the home secretary responsible […] Click here to view original…
Safety checks eased to help flat owners ‘in limbo’
People in flats with and without cladding have been left unable to move without the safety checks Safety checks that left thousands of people unable to sell their flats after the Grenfell disaster are being eased. Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said homes without cladding would no longer need an […] Click here to view original…
Families charged to remove Grenfell-style cladding as building firms make profit
Residents, including Steve Day (right), are furious at the situation More than 400 families face ruin to remove Grenfell-style cladding – as the boss of the firm which built their homes pockets millions. It could cost them £13million – more than £31,000 each – to pay for repairs. Meanwhile, […] Click here to view original…
Post-Grenfell safety checks lifted for homes without cladding
Safety checks introduced after the Grenfell fire will no longer be required for homes in buildings without external cladding after thousands of owners were left “in limbo” by the requirement. In the wake of the disaster, which claimed the lives of 72 people in 2017, surveyors acting for mortgage […] Click here to view original…
‘Our baby is due and this will make us bankrupt’: The luxury flats which could end up being ‘worthless’ unless residents cough up millions
Madalin Borcanea (L) and Anca Vranciu (R), Salford Quays They live in luxury apartments overlooking the scenic waters of the Salford Quays. But residents living in Millennium Tower and Point haven’t found peace – they’ve found themselves in an impossible situation. Leaseholders for apartments in the high-rise flats have […] Click here to view original…
Flat owners ‘trapped’ by cladding red tape
The aftermath of a blaze at a block of flats in Pankhurst Avenue, Brighton, which spread along timber balconies and cladding. By @OBDroning on Twitter New regulations brought in to improve fire safety after the Grenfell fire have inadvertently left flat owners trapped in near-unsellable homes. After the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Contractor appointed to reclad Cardiff high rise flats
Lydstep flats in Llandaff North. Credit: Google Maps A contractor has been appointed to reclad three of the city’s high rise blocks. Following a procurement process, Cardiff Council has awarded the contract for the improvement works to the three tower blocks at Lydstep flats in Llandaff North to ISG. […] Click here to view original…
Millions of owners of unsafe flats ‘should not be made to pay a penny’ towards repair costs for historical cladding fire safety defects, say MPs
Pressure is pilling on the Government to ensure owners of flats earmarked as potentially unsafe in the cladding scandal following the Grenfell disaster do not have to pick up massive repair bills. A cross-party committee of MPs has made it clear in a new report that leaseholders should not […] Click here to view original…