Cladding

Housebuilder joins Barratt and Persimmon but others including Berkeley, Taylor Wimpey and Bellway still to commit Vistry has become the latest major UK housebuilder to indicate its intention to sign the government contract drawn up to underpin the £2.5bn cladding pledge to undertake fire safety repairs on historic buildings. […] Click here to view original…

Almost half of Britons support scrapping leasehold homeownership, which the government is in the middle of attempting to reform, according to the latest poll from YouGov. The survey found that 28% of those asked strongly support abolishing this system where a householder owns a property for an agreed number […] Click here to view original…

Labour or the Greens could secure a majority in the council chamber with a victory here, as voters prepare to head to the polls on Thursday (February 2). The seat’s been held by the Lib Dems since its creation in 2016, but a win for either the Labour or […] Click here to view original…

Developer Robertson Homes has said it is considering if it is “appropriate” for it to sign the government’s new post-Grenfell remediation contract as it has not built any tall blocks in the last 30 years. The Stirling-based firm was one of 49 firms to sign the government’s initial developers’ […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove, the housing secretary, said developers that had not signed a contract with the government to fix their unsafe blocks would not be able to build new homes The government must stop taking the “easy option” of targeting British builders to fix cladding issues and start securing contributions […] Click here to view original…

Opinion The Housing Secretary said building regulations were “faulty and ambiguous” before the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire Gove gave house builders a six week deadline to sign legal contracts which will require them to fix fire safety defects. (Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble) Housing Secretary Michael Gove had a busy weekend. […] Click here to view original…

Grenfell Tower will be demolished following a report issued by engineering consultancy Atkins. Image: ChiralJon/Flickr (CC BY 2.0) England’s housing developers have been given an ultimatum – commit to repairing unsafe buildings or be banned from operating in the market. Developers now have six weeks to sign a government […] Click here to view original…

Almost half of Britons support scrapping leasehold homeownership, which the government is in the middle of attempting to reform, according to the latest poll from YouGov. The survey found that 28% of those asked strongly support abolishing this system where a householder owns a property for an agreed number […] Click here to view original…

Michael Gove, inset, is closing in on a cladding settlement which could cost the building industry £5bn. Pictured: Read Mills development in Norwich (Image: PA Media/Denise Bradley) A £5bn fix to make flats in Norwich safe in the wake of the Grenfell tragedy has been welcomed. But fears remain […] Click here to view original…

Opinion The Housing Secretary said building regulations were “faulty and ambiguous” before the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire Gove gave house builders a six week deadline to sign legal contracts which will require them to fix fire safety defects. (Photo: REUTERS/Phil Noble) Housing Secretary Michael Gove had a busy weekend. […] Click here to view original…