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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…
Read MoreGovernment 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…
Read MoreCladding fund “does not go far enough”, say experts
Experts and campaigners have warned the government’s new £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding “does not go far enough” and that up to £10bn may be required. In his first Budget speech as chancellor yesterday, Rishi Sunak announced that funding would be extended to cover the removal of all […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBudget 2020: £1bn fund to strip cladding from tall buildings
A £1bn fund to help strip combustible cladding from homes in privately owned tower blocks is “a huge step forward”, but likely to be too little and would still leave thousands of people in financial and safety limbo, leaseholders said. The chancellor, Rishi Sunak, accepted demands to bail out […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment announces additional £1bn fund to tackle unsafe cladding
In his 2020 Budget , the Chancellor has today announced an additional £1bn of government funding to address the issue of unsafe cladding on high rise buildings, ending months of uncertainty for building owners and leaseholders. Up to now, the Government has provided funding to cover the cost of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreHousing sector welcomes ‘upbeat’ Budget
Chancellor announces measures to boost affordable housing and remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings The housing sector has welcomed the decision by Rishi Sunak to use his 2020 Budget to announce a series of spending initiatives, including a £12bn five-year affordable housing programme. The funding settlement includes £9.5bn of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBudget 2020: £1 billion Building Safety Fund announced to tackle Grenfell-style cladding
In the first budget of 2020, the newly-appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced that extra funds will be made available from the Government to support the removal of combustible Grenfell-style cladding on tower blocks. Experts had already commented that the original £600m would not be enough, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreMPs launch inquiry into cladding removal work
Housing committee to look at pace of remediation The chair of an influential committee of MPs has called on the government to do more to help homeowners whose properties are clad in dangerous material. Clive Betts, who heads the housing, communities and local government committee, said the government’s support […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreMPs launch inquiry into ‘slow progress’ replacing dangerous cladding
A parliamentary select committee has launched an inquiry into the removal of dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee will scrutinise the pace of removals and level of government funding set aside to help. It will also look at the wider problems faced by […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreL&Q reveals fire safety bill could top £450m as its leaseholders plead for Budget help
L&Q has revealed it could cost “in excess of £450m” to inspect and remediate its buildings so they meet government requirements, as leaseholders living in blocks owned by L&Q asked for help in the Budget. L&Q’s head office in London (picture: Sonny Dhamu) Sharelines In a statement to Inside […] Click here to view original…
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