Posts Tagged ‘Cladding’
Plans to spend millions on replacing Cardiff tower block cladding
Loudoun and Nelson House, Cardiff Around £17m will be spent putting cladding back on Cardiff tower blocks after it was removed following the Grenfell disaster. Following the deadly blaze that killed 72 people, checks were carried out on all council high-rise flats in the city. Tests found it didn’t […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew building safety fund announced in budget
A new Building Safety Fund worth £1 billion has been announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in his first budget. Its launch will ensure that all unsafe combustible cladding is removed from every private and social residential building above 18 metres high. Sunak said: “Two-and-a-half years on, we’re still grappling […] Click here to view original…
Read More‘£30k cost of removing dangerous cladding could make us homeless’
The Decks in Runcorn RESIDENTS of six apartment blocks on the banks of the Mersey fear the cost of removing dangerous cladding from the buildings could make them homeless. Leaseholders at the Decks development in Runcorn are facing bills of £30,000 each to replace the buildings’ cladding after it […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe Budget shows the impact a strong campaigning voice can have on housing policy
Rishi Sunak’s Budget shows the impact that a strong campaigning voice can have on housing policy. But its gaps reveal that the campaigners shouldn’t hang up their placards just yet, argues Martin Hilditch Campaigners protesting outside the Houses of Parliament last month (picture: Lucie Heath) Sharelines This year’s Budget […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreSalford tower block residents handed bills totalling £3.27m to replace Grenfell-style cladding – after government refuses to help
The Edge in Salford (Image: Vincent Cole) People living in a Salford tower block have been landed with bills totalling £3.27m to replace cladding similar to the type on Grenfell Tower. Leaseholders at The Edge – a luxury apartment block on the banks of the Irwell – have been […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreReplacing 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 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 MoreChancellor gives boost to owners of St Francis Tower flats in Ipswich
Cladding is being removed from St Francis Tower. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s first budget was full of giveaways and measures to help businesses and individuals cope with the coronavirus crisis – and possibly good news for the owners of flats in St Francis Tower in Ipswich. […] 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…
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