Posts Tagged ‘Property’
Government must foot £15billion bill to fix unsafe cladding on 1.5million homes, says TV property expert Phil Spencer
TV property expert Phil Spencer says the Government needs to pay the bill to renovate up to 1.5million homes with unsafe cladding. He said the situation ‘cannot resolve itself’ and that houseowners – who bought their homes without knowing they were built using dangerous materials – cannot afford to […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreCladding prisoners: The homeowners who the stamp duty cut won’t help make a move as unsafe materials mean banks won’t lend to buyers
The recent cut in stamp duty could help boost the property market amid the coronavirus pandemic – but there are a slice of homeowners who are unable to take advantage due to unsafe cladding. They have been unable to sell their homes due to the flammable materials used on […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreNew campaign group formed to represent property owners with ‘Grenfell style’ high-rise cladding
A new campaign group has been set up to ‘give voice’ to people in Scotland affected by a combination of UK and Scottish law which has left thousands of people across the country unable to sell their property. The High Rise Scotland Action Group (HRSAG) will represent residents, owners […] 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 MoreBrum leaseholders on uninsured cladding site face eviction, reports BBC R4 You and Yours
In default of their mortgages. Some furloughed. Some unemployed. All looking to government … Brindley House, pictured behind, is a 16-storey ex-telecom office building from the 1970s that was converted into flats in 2011 after years of abandonment (photo credit Elliott Brown). The former BT property will lie empty […] Click here to view original…
Read MoreFatcat developers created our housing crisis. Here’s how to stop them
If you want to see who influences the government, you can do worse than look at Whitehall’s neighbours. In a grand Victorian building opposite the House of Commons in Parliament Square stands the headquarters of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors . With a history dating back to 1792, […] Click here to view original…
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