Posts Tagged ‘MHCLG’
Residents 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 MoreResidents should not be left to pay for remedies to unsafe tower block cladding
High-rise buildings (Babek Gadirly – Pexels) In 2015, after eight years of saving, my partner and I were finally able to buy our own home. Two happy years later, I found out that my home was wrapped in dangerous cladding, similar to that found on Grenfell Tower. Overnight, there […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreManchester Skyline residents refused access to cladding money
People living at Skyline tower block in Manchester said they were given no option but to take out “life-changing” loans The government has confirmed a new £1bn fund to replace dangerous cladding will not be available to people in buildings where work has already started. A condition has been […] 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 MoreGovernment pays £1 billion to release apartment leaseholders from cladding nightmare
The estimated 600,000 apartment owners who have been unable to sell their homes because they live in tower blocks over 18 metres tall fitted with unsafe cladding are to be helped with a further £1 billion in funding. A Building Safety Fund has been launched by the Ministry of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew £1 billion building safety fund to remove dangerous cladding from high rise buildings
Building owners urged to register for the government’s £1 billion fund to remove and replace unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings. Fund takes total government funding for cladding remediation to £1.6 billion Sprinkler systems to be provided in all new blocks of high-rise residential buildings over 11 […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRemediation of non-ACM buildings
In the March 2020 budget, the government announced that it will provide £1 billion in 2020 to 2021 to support the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding system on residential buildings 18 metres and over in both the private and social housing sectors. The government is now asking potential applicants […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreResidents in 344-apartment Edgbaston development are told they live in a fire death trap
Hemisphere apartments Residents in an Edgbaston apartment complex are appealing for help after a fire safety inspection found they were living in a deathtrap. Fire engineers reported a 100% failure rate when they examined external wall systems at Hemisphere Apartments in Edgbaston, and found that fire control systems are […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreRemediation Cladding Deadlines Missed By Majority Of ACM Buildings
The Government has conceded that deadlines to ensure all remediation work on the removal of dangerous cladding on buildings by June will not be met. Unfortunately, the recent lockdown has meant that many remediation projects were forced to halt, with many construction sites likely to have struggled regardless of […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNHS heroes stuck in cladding ‘bureaucratic nightmare’, Mayor tells MPs
The Grenfell Tower block in west London in October 2019. Photograph: Steve Parsons/PA. Hundreds of Hackney leaseholders are living with “considerable stress and anxiety” as they battle building owners, mortgage lenders and the government over the removal of potentially dangerous cladding. This was the message from Hackney’s mayor in […] Click here to view original…
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