Posts Tagged ‘£1B Fund’
My family died in Grenfell Tower fire tragedy – now I’m terrified for others living in deathtraps they can’t sell
EVERY time Nabil Choucair shuts his eyes, he’s haunted by the image of his family’s home – a flat on the 22nd floor of Grenfell Tower – going up in flames. Nabil, 46, lost his mother, sister, brother-in-law and his three young nieces aged 13, 10 and three in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreShadow cabinet members meet with local councillors after concerns about cladded high rise buildings
(5) SAFETY of residents should be prioritised over headline grabbing news said members of the shadow cabinet who met with local councillors after it was revealed student accommodation — including The Cube — was barred from a new £1.6 billion Government fund to remove cladding from high-rise buildings. A […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFailure to remove cladding could be breach of international law, UN tells UK government
The UN has warned the UK government that its failure to replace dangerous cladding on buildings in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire could be a breach of international law. Picture: Getty Sharelines In April, Leilani Farha, who was the the UN’s special rapporteur on adequate housing, wrote […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCash for very big favours: Murky links in a £1billion property deal involving Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick and billionaire tycoon Richard Desmond as row threatens to engulf No10
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick was under mounting pressure last night after his links to a lobbyist for a Tory donor’s £1 billion property deal were exposed by The Mail on Sunday. Mr Jenrick is fighting for his Cabinet job after becoming embroiled in a deeply embarrassing ‘cash for favours’ […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreOne in five leaseholders trapped by dangerous cladding have thought of suicide or self-harm, survey reveals
More than 20% of leaseholders affected by the cladding scandal have had suicidal thoughts or felt compelled to self-harm, an exclusive survey for Inside Housing has revealed. At a protest in February, people called for action for the national cladding scandal to be ended (picture: Peter Apps) Sharelines The […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreManchester tower block residents ineligible for £1bn recladding fund
Residents of a Manchester tower block facing bills of thousands of pounds to fix dangerous cladding have been dealt “a massive blow” after finding out they are ineligible to apply for the government’s new £1bn building safety fund. The fund, which was officially launched on Tuesday , excludes remediation […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreApplications for government’s £1bn fund to remove unsafe cladding open next week
Applications for the government’s £1bn fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings will open on Monday. More than half a million people in England and Wales could be living in homes with unsafe cladding, analysis by industry body the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) said in February. […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents of Manchester tower block who took out loans to remove cladding can’t get government funding
Skyline Central 1 ‘Heartbroken’ residents of a Manchester tower block forced to take out loans to fix dangerous cladding will be unable to apply for financial help from the government. A new £1 billion fund for the removal of flammable materials will not support projects that have already started, […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreLeaseholders ‘heartbroken’ over exclusion from government cladding fund
Leaseholders at a Manchester block who accepted huge loans to fund the removal of their dangerous cladding have said they are “heartbroken” over their exclusion from a government fund. The Skyline Central building in Manchester (picture: Google Street View) Sharelines Residents of Skyline Central 1, which has combustible high-pressure […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe dangers of living in lockdown in flats covered with flammable cladding
Ritu Saha, of Bromley in south London, is living in a building with flammable cladding during lockdown (Picture: Cladding Action Group) A woman living in a block of flats which could go up in flames at any moment has described how its residents feel ‘completely trapped’ during the coronavirus […] Click here to view original…
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