Plans to spend millions on replacing Cardiff tower block cladding
Loudoun and Nelson House, Cardiff Around £17m will be spent putting cladding back on Cardiff tower blocks after it was removed following the Grenfell disaster. Following the deadly blaze that killed 72 people, checks were carried out on all council high-rise flats in the city. Tests found it didn’t […] Click here to view original…
NFCC welcomes Budget’s cladding announcement
The National Fire Chiefs Council has welcomed the budget announcement of a new £1 billion Building Safety Fund to assist with the removal of unsafe combustible cladding from private and social residential buildings, over 18 metres in height. The announcement on 11th March is what NFCC has been calling […] Click here to view original…
New building safety fund announced in budget
A new Building Safety Fund worth £1 billion has been announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in his first budget. Its launch will ensure that all unsafe combustible cladding is removed from every private and social residential building above 18 metres high. Sunak said: “Two-and-a-half years on, we’re still grappling […] Click here to view original…
Arranging mortgages on high rise homes with cladding — what you need to know
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s decision in last week’s Budget to make £1bn of funding available to remove unsafe cladding from high rise buildings underlined the scale of the issue facing apartment owners. The numbers of homeowners affected, according to The Times , is estimated to be 200,000. Following the Grenfell […] Click here to view original…
‘£30k cost of removing dangerous cladding could make us homeless’
The Decks in Runcorn RESIDENTS of six apartment blocks on the banks of the Mersey fear the cost of removing dangerous cladding from the buildings could make them homeless. Leaseholders at the Decks development in Runcorn are facing bills of £30,000 each to replace the buildings’ cladding after it […] Click here to view original…
The Budget shows the impact a strong campaigning voice can have on housing policy
Rishi Sunak’s Budget shows the impact that a strong campaigning voice can have on housing policy. But its gaps reveal that the campaigners shouldn’t hang up their placards just yet, argues Martin Hilditch Campaigners protesting outside the Houses of Parliament last month (picture: Lucie Heath) Sharelines This year’s Budget […] Click here to view original…
Salford tower block residents handed bills totalling £3.27m to replace Grenfell-style cladding – after government refuses to help
The Edge in Salford (Image: Vincent Cole) People living in a Salford tower block have been landed with bills totalling £3.27m to replace cladding similar to the type on Grenfell Tower. Leaseholders at The Edge – a luxury apartment block on the banks of the Irwell – have been […] Click here to view original…
What the Budget 2020 cladding announcement means:
Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget statement confirmed £1 billion of additional funding will be allocated to the removal of unsafe cladding from residential buildings taller than 18 metres, in a move that has been hailed as a “ray of light” for thousands of homeowners still living in potentially high-risk properties. […] Click here to view original…
Owners of ‘fire trap’ flats by Mersey see bills soar 600% in cladding scandal
The Deck flats in Runcorn. (Image: stuartbogg/runcornweeklynews) Residents of “fire trap” flats on the banks of the Mersey fear their home will become a “derelict development” after flammable cladding sent their insurance bills soaring by 600%. Owners of the almost 300 flats at The Decks in Runcorn have seen […] Click here to view original…
Replacing unsafe cladding in London ‘will cost £4bn’
London’s housing associations have identified over 2,000 buildings which need to be rectified Replacing unsafe cladding on buildings in London will cost £4bn, the capital’s housing associations estimate. The G15, made up of the city’s largest housing associations, has identified over 2,000 buildings to be rectified. They have called […] Click here to view original…
Government allocate £1bn to remove all types of dangerous cladding with New Building Safety Fund
The new Building Safety Fund injects new funds to solve an old problem, will it be enough? In Rishi Sunak’s first Budget speech, he announced that the Government would be introducing a new Building Safety Fund of £1bn to help cover the costs of removing all types of unsafe […] Click here to view original…