Cladding

Ron Alalouff reports on the chaos surrounding a residential block with a range of complex fire safety defects. A residential block in Ipswich poses such serious risk to residents that they were abruptly told to vacate the building after two prohibition notices in the space of four months were […] Click here to view original…

The RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts Architects’ body the RIBA and seven other built environment groups have called on the government to lower the threshold of the proposed single staircase ban in residential blocks from 30m to […] Click here to view original…

Image caption, Geoffrey Spight said he wants to see action from the Welsh government A flat owner has given a cautious welcome to the Welsh government’s new scheme to tackle fire safety defects in medium and high-rise residential buildings after the Grenfell tragedy. Interest-free loans will be offered to […] Click here to view original…

Cladding crisis Help to Buy customers living in blocks with dangerous cladding have secured payouts of thousands of pounds after the company managing the scheme was found to have caused “unreasonable” delays. Target, which has administered the scheme since 2016, has been ordered to pay compensation to several flat […] Click here to view original…

Geoffrey Spight said he wants to see action from the Welsh government A flat owner has given a cautious welcome to the Welsh government’s new scheme to tackle fire safety defects in medium and high-rise residential buildings after the Grenfell tragedy. Interest-free loans will be offered to developers in […] Click here to view original…

ITV News Anglia’s Sophie Wiggins spoke to Sophie Bichener about her dream that turned ‘into a complete nightmare’ A woman who has been told her 15-storey tower block is a fire risk has said she has considered tying bedsheets together if she ever has to escape in a hurry. […] Click here to view original…

Major housing developers have now agreed to carry out fire safety works on medium and high rise buildings across Wales. A plan to improve fire safety issues in medium and high rise buildings across Wales has been announced by the Welsh Government. It means all major building developers will […] Click here to view original…

This is Home Front with Vicky Spratt, a subscriber-only newsletter from i. If you’d like to get this direct to your inbox, every single week, you can sign up here. Good afternoon and welcome back to Home Front which took a little break while I also took a break. […] Click here to view original…

Opinion Newsletter (£) Despite the fact that rents are rising rapidly across the country, Hunt offered no additional support to help anyone struggling with housing costs. Hunt barely mentioned housing when he stood up before the House of Commons to reveal his plan for Britain’s economy. (Photo: Chris J. […] Click here to view original…

The communal heating system at New River House is not covered by Ofgem’s price cap on domestic energy, reports Simon Allin, Local Democracy Reporter New River House in Southbury Road, Enfield Town Residents in Enfield Town already hit by cladding safety issues have now been stung by huge hikes […] Click here to view original…