Cladding safety fund questioned by Shadow Housing Minister one year on from Cube fire
The Cube Fire. Credit GMFRS SHADOW housing minister Mike Amesbury has raised concerns over the “serious limitations” of the Government’s building safety fund one year on from the fire that ripped through The Cube building in Bolton . More than 200 people were inside the student tower block when […] Click here to view original…
Fire marshals patrol Ipswich flats 24/7 amid cladding fears
Cardinal Lofts, in Ipswich where there are concerns about the cladding Picture: Archant Fire marshals are patrolling an Ipswich Waterfront tower block 24 hours a day after inspectors raised fears about fire safety. Sarah Cushion has a buy-let-flat in Cardinal Lofts. Photo: Sarah Cushion But the move has left […] Click here to view original…
Huge ‘waking watch’ fees to stop Grenfell-style fires are ‘a national scandal’, Cabinet minister says
Hundreds of buildings are still wrapped in cladding – after government promises to remove it were broken The “outrageous fees” charged by firms patrolling buildings at risk of a Grenfell -style fire are “a national scandal” and must be cut, a Cabinet minister says. Robert Jenrick attacked the charges […] Click here to view original…
Social Housing White Paper to be published this week
The government will publish its much-anticipated Social Housing White Paper this week, Inside Housing understands. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
A year on and still no Government help to remove cladding from student accommodation
(2) THE issue of high-rise cladded buildings was once again thrust into the spotlight after the material was said to have “played a major role in the rapid spread” of the blaze at The Cube. Calls to remove cladding from buildings were made in the wake of the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
Mid-rise buildings with fire safety defects ‘overlooked’ by ministers, residents warn
Former residents of four mid-rise buildings which were destroyed by fires have written to ministers demanding that support to remove dangerous cladding should be available to buildings below 18m. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Poole tower blocks £3.8m cladding removal works agreed
BCP Council’s cabinet has approved the budget for the works at Sterte Court Cladding at two tower blocks is to be replaced at a cost of £3.8m, a council has agreed. The cladding at Poole’s Sterte Court is different from that used on Grenfell, where 72 people died in […] Click here to view original…
Cladding latest: Homes England washes its hands of trapped Help to Buy apartment owners
previous next The cladding scandal has taken a new twist after it was revealed that Homes England has told a Help to Buy tower block apartment leaseholder that he cannot sell his apartment for less than its ‘unaffected’ value of £425,000. This means that thousands of apartment owners around […] Click here to view original…
Former firefighter calls for urgent action on cladding to avoid another Grenfell-style tragedy in Leeds
The comments came during a Leeds City Council debate, in which Labour councillors called on the Government to put pressure on developers and building owners to remove potentially dangerous ACM cladding from high-rise housing blocks. Coun Paul Drinkwater (Lab) worked for many years as a firefighter at Stanks Fire […] Click here to view original…
East Village’s Grenfell-style flammable cladding to be removed by end of 2020
The council said the cladding, used in small areas for decorative features on balconies and as larger panels at East Village, Stratford, will be removed by the end of the year. Picture: Google Maps Grenfell-style flammable cladding will be stripped from tower blocks in the former Olympic Village by […] Click here to view original…
Council calls for urgent action to address the Cladding Scandal
At a meeting the full Council yesterday (11 November 2020), Leeds City Council approved a motion we have been calling for as local Councillors – a motion to demand the Government protects residents in Hunslet and Riverside Ward and across Leeds who have been impacted by the scandal of […] Click here to view original…
Removing dangerous cladding will take ‘number of years’, says housing secretary
The exterior of Citiscape in Croydon, south London, which has the same cladding as Grenfell Tower Removing dangerous cladding from buildings will take a “number of years”, the housing secretary has told Sky News. Robert Jenrick said he did not want to give people “false hope” by saying the […] Click here to view original…