Posts Tagged ‘Inside Housing’
Social Housing White Paper to be published this week
The government will publish its much-anticipated Social Housing White Paper this week, Inside Housing understands. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreMid-rise buildings with fire safety defects ‘overlooked’ by ministers, residents warn
Former residents of four mid-rise buildings which were destroyed by fires have written to ministers demanding that support to remove dangerous cladding should be available to buildings below 18m. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreCladding latest: Homes England washes its hands of trapped Help to Buy apartment owners
previous next The cladding scandal has taken a new twist after it was revealed that Homes England has told a Help to Buy tower block apartment leaseholder that he cannot sell his apartment for less than its ‘unaffected’ value of £425,000. This means that thousands of apartment owners around […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreBuilding safety minister criticised after he says leaseholders will have to pay some cladding costs
Residents trapped in blocks with dangerous cladding have reacted angrily to comments from the building safety minister after he said the government expects leaseholders to pay for some of the remediation costs to make their buildings safe… Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreHousing association to evacuate 1,000-home modular development due to ‘multitude’ of fire safety issues
A housing association will evacuate 858 residents from a modular west London development, after intrusive inspections identified fire safety issues so serious that the safety of residents can no longer be guaranteed. Click here to view original web page at www.insidehousing.co.uk
Read MoreBoris Johnson hints at help for leaseholders in buildings under 18m hit by cladding issues
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is drawing up a new ‘risk matrix’ to help leaseholders unable to sell flats in blocks shorter than 18m with potentially dangerous cladding, the prime minister has said. Boris Johnson during prime minister’s questions (picture: Parliament TV) Sharelines Speaking during prime minister’s […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe Housing Podcast: The crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of flats which could grind the housing market to a halt
The Housing Podcast is a production of Inside Housing magazine, the UK’s leading publication for the social and affordable housing sector. Listen to find out more about the key issues in housing today, with input from the sector’s leading voices Sharelines The crisis affecting hundreds of thousands of flats […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreGovernment aware ‘punitive’ cladding fund would exclude certain leaseholders, policy document shows
The government was aware that its Building Safety Fund would exclude certain leaseholders in a way which would be perceived as “punitive”, documents released in a failed legal challenge to the fund reveal. Residents of the Skyline Central 1 building in Manchester launched a judicial review against ministers in […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreThe next fire won’t wait. Here are the 10 steps to End Our Cladding Scandal
Inside Housing has joined with residents of buildings with dangerous cladding to call for the government to lead an “urgent, national effort” to end the scandal that has left tens of thousands of buildings nationwide clad in dangerous materials and residents asked to pay. With tens of thousands of […] 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…
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