Cladding crisis: huge removal fees means caller will be homeless by Christmas
This caller told LBC she will be homeless by Christmas as her only other option is to pay £15,000 to have cladding removed from her building. Flat owners and renters living in properties deemed unsafe are being told they must spend thousands of pounds to have dangerous cladding removed […]Click here to view original web…
MPs demand funding for cladding repairs before safety bill published
Committee says government must protect leaseholders from the cost of repairing historic safety failures The government must come forward with a plan on how to fund historical building safety problems, the housing select committee has warned. In a report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the Building Safety Bill the housing […] Click here to view original…
Tories on verge of revolt over failure to fix cladding scandal in wake of Grenfell tragedy
The failure to fix the cladding scandal which has left hundreds of thousands of homeowners facing bankruptcy and unable to sell up has led to a revolt by Tory MPs against the Government. Leaseholders are facing bills of up to £115,000 each to remove dangerous cladding, similar to that […] Click here to view original…
Work still underway to remove Grenfell-style cladding on two Bradford buildings
(3) WORK is still underway to remove Grenfell-style cladding from two Bradford city centre buildings – but funding applications have been approved for the work to be done, a meeting will hear today. Councillors are due to discuss Landmark House, on Broadway, and Appleton Point, on Hamm Strasse, at […] Click here to view original…
New law could ban building owners from making residents pay for fire safety work
Cladding is being removed from hundreds of buildings in the wake of the Grenfell fire Building owners would be banned from making residents pay for post-Grenfell fire safety works under a law set to be backed by peers today. Leaseholders in some high-rise blocks have faced five-figure bills to […] Click here to view original…
Councillors to scrutinise investigation into dangerous cladding on Sheffield tower block
Residents at Hanover Tower, on Exeter Drive, Broomhall, were told safe aluminium material would be used before it was put on the building. But years later government lab tests – introduced in the wake of the Grenfell disaster in 2017 – exposed the cladding used as a cheaper aluminium […] Click here to view original…
Cladding crisis: Leaseholders tweet #SaveUsSunak to plead for financial help
Leaseholders who face the daunting prospect of paying tens of thousands of pounds to remove dangerous cladding on their homes are pleading with the chancellor for help with costs. Flat owners and renters living in properties deemed unsafe are being told they must spend thousands of pounds to have […] Click here to view original…
Grenfell-style cladding removed from nine Salford tower blocks – but they won’t be replaced until 2022
Cladding removed from Thorn Court and Spruce Court in Pendleton, Salford, pictured in November 2020 Nine high-rise blocks in Salford have now had their Grenfell-style cladding removed, more than three years after the deadly fire at the London tower. But work to replace the cladding with a safer substitute […] Click here to view original…
MP: Work goes on to tackle cladding issues on Ipswich’s high-rise buildings
Opinion Cardinal Lofts, Ipswich Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN One of the first speeches I made in Parliament as a newly-elected MP was on the injustice faced by leaseholders at St Francis Tower who have been told they must foot bills of over £25,000 for the replacement of the highly […] Click here to view original…
Bellway slammed by MP for failure to resolve cladding dispute
David Lammy says developer has shown “complete disregard” for residents of Tottenham Hale Village Labour MP David Lammy has accused housebuilder Bellway of showing “complete disregard” for the residents of a 420-home development in Tottenham which he said was coated with potentially flammable cladding. Speaking in a House of […] Click here to view original…
Salford towers’ flammable cladding replacement ‘will not end until 2022’
image captionCladding removal work has ended Work costing £33m to replace flammable cladding on nine Salford apartment blocks will not end until 2022, councillors have been told. Cladding was removed in September, more than three years after 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire in London. But work […] Click here to view original…
MP slams Bellway over failure to resolve cladding dispute
David Lammy says developer has shown “complete disregard” for residents of Tottenham Hale Village Labour MP David Lammy has accused housebuilder Bellway of showing “complete disregard” for the residents of a 420-home development in Tottenham which he said was coated with potentially flammable cladding. Speaking in a House of […] Click here to view original…