Cladding

A Hampstead woman died in a devastating fire after a council failed for four years to carry out vital safety upgrades on her home, a court has heard. Magdalena Fink, a 35-year-old paralegal, was trapped in her flat when a blaze tore through a multi-occupancy Victorian building in Daleham […] Click here to view original…

Major developers have little more than five weeks to agree to a cladding remediation contract, or face being frozen out of the housing market. The government has issued the ultimatum in an effort to offer greater security to thousands of innocent leaseholders still living in high-rise flats with unsafe […] Click here to view original…

The UK government has failed to realise the urgent support needs of disabled people who are having to endure “unbearable” safety work that is being carried out on their flats following the Grenfell fire, politicians have been told. Many disabled people face the prospect of having to move out […] Click here to view original…

Procurement consortium LHC is asking fire safety experts to get involved in the new Fire Safety (FS2) Framework. FS2 covers the end-to-end spectrum of fire safety services from prevention to active protection and will support public sector organisations in fire safety compliance. It includes provision for new or replacement […] Click here to view original…

The Welsh government made a “serious mistake” not adopting UK laws protecting leaseholders, building safety campaigners have claimed. Fire Doors Fire Safety Fire Engineering FD&A Extinguishing Systems Evacuation Cavity Barriers Fire and Rescue Equipment Passive Fire Protection Emergency Lighting Fire Risk Assessment The Building Safety Act means developers in […] Click here to view original…

A Hampstead woman died in a devastating fire after a council failed for four years to carry out vital safety upgrades on her home, a court has heard. Magdalena Fink, a 35-year-old paralegal, was trapped in her flat when a blaze tore through a multi-occupancy Victorian building in Daleham […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove has offered a belated apology for poor government guidance in force before Grenfell, as he seeks cash from developers to pay for the crisis. Elsewhere, the regulator reports on damp in English social housing. Peter Apps rounds up the headlines Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk

The building’s management company said hotel accommodation and meals had been organised for evacuated residents Some 100 residents of a nine-storey block of flats have been asked to leave their homes after a safety report found they were in immediate danger from fire. The building’s freeholder, Grey GR, said […] Click here to view original…

The Welsh government made a “serious mistake” not adopting UK laws protecting leaseholders, building safety campaigners have claimed. The UK government’s Building Safety Act means developers in England can be forced to pay for safety repairs, such as replacing cladding. But the Welsh Cladiators campaign group has told Senedd […] Click here to view original…

The Welsh Cladiators campaign group has told Senedd members they have made a “serious mistake” not adopting laws that apply in England The Welsh government made a “serious mistake” not adopting UK laws protecting leaseholders, building safety campaigners have claimed. The UK government’s Building Safety Act means developers in […] Click here to view original…