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Barnet MP steps up campaign on unsafe building cladding
MP for Hendon Dr Matthew Offord has been campaigning on cladding An MP has stepped up his campaign to help thousands of people “trapped” in homes they are unable to sell due to unsafe cladding. MP for Hendon Dr Matthew Offord has launched a petition calling on the Government […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBalcony smoking ban at Glasgow flats over Grenfell cladding fears
The report on Lancefield Quay highlights worrying concerns Smoking and candles have been banned from balconies of a Glasgow block of flats over ‘ Grenfell Tower ‘ cladding fears. Residents have been warned that a simple cigarette butt could be “highly dangerous” after a report classified 22 points as […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe Guardian view on housing policy: Grenfell survivors deserve better
The Grenfell inquiry continues, and as the contractors on the tower’s refurbishment give their evidence, a murky picture becomes clearer. Before the hearings paused in March due to Covid, emails from the cladding manufacturer, Arconic, revealed the company knew the panels were not suitable for use on building facades […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding: Failed Cardiff fire safety flat owners’ ‘dread’
A survey found safety issues with cladding on the outside of some of the flats People living in high-rise flats which failed fire safety tests say they feel trapped, with a sense of “never-ending dread” over the repairs. A number of building defects came to light at Victoria Wharf […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreJenrick challenged on Government’s handling of cladding on ‘unsellable’ homes
Nick Ferrari confronts the Housing Secretary over the issue of unsafe cladding which has left 3 million people trapped in unsellable homes. Millions of desperate people are now trapped in homes with unsafe cladding which has rendered their properties entirely worthless, LBC has found . The crisis has its […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘Absolutely unsatisfactory’ that buildings are still covered in cladding, says fire chief
Video report by ITV London Correspondent Rags Martel London Fire Brigade commissioner Andy Roe says it is “absolutely unsatisfactory” that many buildings in the capital are still covered in cladding more than three years since the Grenfell Tower fire . Commissioner Roe was speaking as the LFB launched its […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRemember Grenfell? Of course you do. Thousands of millennials are still living in flats surrounded by dangerous cladding and trapped in mortgage prisons as a result
It has been three years since the Grenfell tragedy which caused the deaths of 72 people in West London. The fire started in a fridge-freezer on the fourth floor of the 24 storey building and quickly spread throughout the whole of the tower block which housed 350 people. An […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreScammers hijack EWS1 process with fake cladding inspection forms
Leaseholders are being duped into paying thousands of pounds to fraudsters faking inspection forms amid concerns over fire safety. Which? has evidence that at least one firm has issued fake External Wall Survey (EWS1) forms to several apartment buildings across the country. The forged forms, used to confirm whether […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreTearful caller “devastated” as her daughter’s home is branded unsellable due to cladding
This tearful caller was devastated at her daughter’s home being branded unsellable due to cladding, leaving her daughter “trapped” and “absolutely terrified.” On Monday, LBC found residents of a North London tower block have been told their flats are effectively worthless due to the building’s cladding being inadequate. After […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘People could lose their flat and everything that they’ve ever put into it’ – Leaseholders’ concern over cladding costs
Three years on from the Grenfell tragedy, 145 private and social high-rise buildings in London, which includes at least 10,000 dwellings, still have the same Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding in place as Grenfell. These figures, relating to the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding in England, were released […] Click here to view original…
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