Posts Tagged ‘Martin Boyd’
We can’t move because of cladding chaos: How 1.5m homeowners could be stuck for TEN YEARS in unsellable tower block flats
When Keeba Critchlow picked up the keys to her first home in 2014 she was thrilled at becoming a homeowner. Not for a moment did she envisage the nightmare that would await her six years on – unable to sell her one-bedroom flat as a result of red tape […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRed tape nightmare that stops millions selling their homes: Lenders demand proof buildings do not pose fire risk
Thousands of people living in flats say they can’t remortgage or sell their homes due to new safety advice issued in response to the Grenfell Tower fire. Concerns over cladding mean that lenders will not offer a new mortgage on some apartment block homes without paperwork to prove the […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreAn open letter to Robert Jenrick: the costs of delayed leasehold reform
LKP chair of trustees Martin Boyd writes to Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick to raise concerns over leasehold reform Dear Robert, Just over ten years ago, an old leaseholder died of shame because she could not pay the huge major works bill from her social sector landlord. That single death […] Click here to view original…
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