Inside Housing – News – London council becomes first to prosecute landlord over cladding removal delays

Inside Housing – News – London council becomes first to prosecute landlord over cladding removal delays

News23.10.233.00 PM by Alex Daniel The owner of a tower block in east London has been found guilty, in a landmark ruling over delays replacing Grenfell-style cladding. Cladding being removed from a block... Read more »
East London cladding victim ‘absolutely furious’

East London cladding victim ‘absolutely furious’

The DLUHC had ordered that six fire assessment reports of blocks in Harold Wood be reviewed after finding they were “not reasonable or proportionate”. An east London leaseholder said she is “absolutely... Read more »
Barratt set to appoint new cladding contractor after bust up on east London remedial job | News

Barratt set to appoint new cladding contractor after bust up on east London remedial job | News

Barratt is set to appoint a new contractor to carry out cladding remediation works on a 650-home residential development in east London after falling out with the original appointee earlier this year. ... Read more »
‘I bought my first home for £375,000 after saving for 15 years and now it’s worth nothing because of the cladding’

‘I bought my first home for £375,000 after saving for 15 years and now it’s worth nothing because of the cladding’

Phil had been saving for around 15 years when he finally had enough money to purchase his first home. The first-time buyer bagged a brand new two-bedroom flat in Newham for £375,000... Read more »
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Five years after Grenfell, are all cladding victims now going to get help? | Housing

On the 14 June 2017, a fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block in north Kensington, west London, in the deadliest structural fire in the United Kingdom since the second... Read more »
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Grenfell: Government to pause leaseholders paying to make cladding safe, Michael Gove confirms | Politics News

Michael Gove has confirmed the government will “pause” plans to make leaseholders pay to make cladding safe as he questioned why they have to pay “at all”. The housing secretary also said... Read more »
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Hackney residents join leaseholders’ protesting cladding

North London residents rallied outside a Stamford Hill developer’s office on the weekend, protesting its handling of the cladding crisis. Protesters gathered outside developer Countryside’s sales office in Hackney on June 5,... Read more »
Why the cladding issue must be addressed immediately

Cladding roundup – BTR re-cladding and the declinin…

The re-cladding work – which commenced in September 2019 and accomplished in December 2020 – concerned the elimination of all authentic ACM panels and the flamable insulation materials behind, in addition to... Read more »
Cladding on Grenfell was used ‘incorrectly’, claims manufacturing boss | London

Cladding on Grenfell was used ‘incorrectly’, claims manufacturing boss | London

Faucet above to look at video protection of the Grenfell Inquiry The cladding which fuelled the hearth at Grenfell Tower had been used “incorrectly”, a boss on the firm which manufactured it... Read more »
Cladding crisis: East London residents facing £150,000 bills to pay for urgent fire safety repairs

Cladding crisis: East London residents facing £150,000 bills to pay for urgent fire safety repairs

R esidents at an east London house block have been warned they face payments of as much as £150,000 to pay for pressing repairs wanted to make their houses secure from fireplace.... Read more »