Block residents ‘horrified’ by £29k insurance bill
Rachel Clayton said she was “shocked” when the bill dropped through the door [BBC] Leaseholders in a block of flats with unsafe cladding say they are shocked after being left with a £29,000 bill to insure the building. Issues with the cladding mean that traditional insurers will not cover […]Click here to view original web…
Only a quarter of tall buildings with unsafe cladding have completed remediation
Latest official figures reveal scale of work still to be done to make high rise housing blocks safe Only one in four high rise residential buildings found to contain unsafe cladding have had their remediation works completed seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire. The latest government figures show […] Click here to view original…
One in four dangerous cladding buildings remediated
A quarter of all the cladding remediation projects in England have been completed, seven years after the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Of the 4,374 buildings identified in England with dangerous cladding by the end of May 2024, 1,088 have been remediated to completion, according to government statistics published yesterday. Buildings […] Click here to view original…
Over 1000 building safety cladding retrofits completed
The industry has just completed a quarter of the total building safety cladding retrofits needed to comply with new regulations brought in after the Grenfell disaster. Remediation works to tall building start to gain pace after slow start Latest Government figures show contractors have now reclad 1,088 (25%) of […] Click here to view original…
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Seven years after Grenfell, tens of thousands still live with unsafe cladding
People hold tributes as they walk to the ‘Wall of Truth’ to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Seven years on since the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, remediation work is yet to start on 2,361 buildings which are covered […] Click here to view original…
Seven years after Grenfell, tens of thousands still live with unsafe cladding
People hold tributes as they walk to the ‘Wall of Truth’ to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Seven years on since the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, remediation work is yet to start on 2,361 buildings which are covered […] Click here to view original…
Seven years after Grenfell, tens of thousands still live with unsafe cladding
People hold tributes as they walk to the ‘Wall of Truth’ to mark the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Seven years on since the Grenfell Tower fire in west London, remediation work is yet to start on 2,361 buildings which are covered […] Click here to view original…
Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy has urged the Government to ‘go further’ in its efforts to tackle dangerous cladding
Tom Copley, London’s Deputy Mayor for Housing. Credit – Greater London Authority Sadiq Khan’s housing deputy has urged the Government to “go further” in its efforts to tackle dangerous cladding, as London marks seven years since the Grenfell Tower fire. Tom Copley, the capital’s deputy mayor for housing, also […] Click here to view original…
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Seven years after Grenfell Tower fire: Residents fear they’ll die before seeing justice
Grenfell Tower is wrapped in plastic. Image: Eliza Pitkin/Big Issue “I went through the largest national tragedy in this country since the Second World War, the biggest fire since the Second World War. I’ve watched 72 people perish in front of me on the night,” says David O’Connell, who […] Click here to view original…