Government should take over cladding risk tower blocks
Select committee calls for the government to increase funding and consider using CPOs where work to repair blocks hasn’t happened The government should take control of tower blocks with dangerous cladding if work to repair them hasn’t begun by the end of the year, according to an influential committee […]Click here to view original web…
Flat sale ‘slowdown’ as government guidance causes mortgage refusals on buildings under 18m
Sales of apartments across the country have ground to a halt across the country as government fire safety guidance has seen banks refuse mortgages on buildings of all heights, Inside Housing can reveal. Picture: Getty Sharelines Dozens of leaseholders and shared owners have told Inside Housing that they are […] Click here to view original…
How the government has failed to make buildings with dangerous cladding safe three years after Grenfell
How is it the case that almost 2,000 tall buildings and thousands of medium rises all around the country still have dangerous cladding, three years after Grenfell? Peter Apps asks what has gone wrong with the government’s efforts to fix the crisis Picture: Alamy If you could have told […] Click here to view original…
Firefighters condemn ‘shameless’ property developer’s call to relax ban on flammable cladding
The remains of the Grenfell tower after the fire on 2017 FIREFIGHTERS condemned a property developer’s “shameless” attempt to protect its profits over safety today after it called for the relaxation of a ban on flammable cladding imposed after the Grenfell fire. Berkeley Group, which expects to make a […] Click here to view original…
HCLG Committee challenges Government to “end cladding nightmare”
ON THE third anniversary of the tragic Grenfell Tower fire where 72 people lost their lives, there are still 2,000 high risk residential buildings wrapped in some form of dangerous cladding. The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (HCLGC) has published a report that finds fixing fire safety defects […] Click here to view original…
Crucial gaps found in façade fire safety regulatory regime
New research, led by academics at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has found that the test regime which allowed combustible materials to be used in the external walls of thousands of tall buildings across the UK omits key details that are critical in evaluating the fire safety of […] Click here to view original…
Funding approved for Salford cladding replacement
2 hours Funding has been secured for nine tower blocks in Salford to get their dangerous cladding replaced and sprinkler systems installed. Cladding has already been removed at lower levels Pendleton Together Operating Limited (PTOL) has obtained government approval for its proposed financing to complete its fire safety works […] Click here to view original…
Three years on, Grenfell-style cladding will finally be removed from nine Salford tower blocks
Spruce Court Grenfell-style cladding will be finally be removed from nine Salford high-rises – three years after the deadly fire in London. Salford council has announced that funding for the replacement works had been secured after years of deadlock. The project will take two years to complete. Tenants have […] Click here to view original…
Time to relax ban on Grenfell-type cladding, housebuilder urges
Berkeley Group, which built a number of tall buildings, such as this one in Islington, London, is yet to complete the renovation of 20 tall buildings featuring the same type of cladding involved in the Grenfell disaster One of Britain’s biggest upmarket housebuilders has said that the government should […] Click here to view original…
NFCC ‘frustrated’ at number of unsafe buildings
TO MARK the third anniversary of the devastating Grenfell Tower fire, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) has expressed concerns over the amount of unsafe premises that still remind in the UK. Heart Grenfell image While NFCC welcomed the additional £1 billion government funding for the removal of cladding, […] Click here to view original…
Three years after Grenfell, Dutch councils are still carrying out checks: VK
Tributes are placed near Grenfell Tower on the third anniversary of the fire. Photo: AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth) Cutbacks on building inspections is one reason why half of local councils have failed to check their buildings for the flammable cladding that killed 71 people in the fire at Grenfell Tower […] Click here to view original…
Bromley resident describes misery of cladding scandal
Bromley resident describes financial and mental misery of cladding scandal A Bromley homeowner who goes to sleep every night in a potential firetrap has described the financial, mental and legal misery of the dangerous cladding scandal. Ritu Saha, a first-time buyer in a high rise with Grenfell-type cladding, said […] Click here to view original…