All cladding articles – Page 5
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NewsDevelopers ‘don’t know’ how many 11-18m blocks affected by fire safety crisis
HBF working with government to produce reliable numbers as housebuilders argue Gove’s £4bn repair estimate too high
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NewsBallymore told to fix New Providence Wharf remediation issues
Boss promises MPs he will address alleged poor communication and low temperatures within two weeks
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In FocusCan Gove really ‘go after’ developers for £4bn of cladding costs?
The housing secretary’s decision to protect leaseholders of flats with fire safety problems by ‘going after’ housebuilders and developers looks set to change the legal landscape
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NewsCladding manufacturers must pay into fund or face ban, Gove says
Housing secretary says cladding and insultation sector must contribute ‘significant portion’ of remediation costs
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NewsCommittee to probe whether cladding costs should fall on housebuilders alone
Clive Betts tells Housing Today new inquiry will consider whether responsibility for £4bn bill should be widened
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NewsDevelopers tell Gove others must contribute to £4bn cladding levy
Housebuilders promise to “engage constructively” after crunch meeting with Michael Gove
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NewsGovernment misses 2021 high rise repairs target
Figures show 128 fire-risk blocks over 18m are not yet repaired, despite assurance from housing minister last April
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NewsWatkin Jones sees profit double
Student housing and build to rent developer reports revenue up more than a fifth
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NewsFresh guide to external wall assessments published
BSI produces government-backed fire safety guide aimed at replacing Consolidated Advice Note
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NewsGove to ‘go after’ developers not complying with post-Grenfell safety rules
Housing secretary to ‘expose and pursue’ firms to remediate unsafe homes
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NewsHousebuilder shares tank on announcement of £4bn cladding levy
Value of UK listed housebuilders falls by around £1bn in early trading as government outlines further contributions
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NewsNHBC denies Kingspan insulation allowed to avoid ‘barrage’ of customer claims
Grenfell Inquiry counsel accuses building control body of being “captured” by Kingspan and “used by them as their poodles”
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NewsRICS rejects government call to change EWS1 advice for smaller blocks
Ministers’ plan to free up the housing market by reducing the use of controversial fire safety information forms faces setback
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NewsConcealing cladding dangers ‘one of the major scandals of our time’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Inquiry told that coalition government allowed itself to become the “junior partner” to the construction industry in a drive to cut red tape
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis to set up £1.2bn fire safety framework
Four-year deal is the largest framework in the housing association’s history
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NewsBuild to rent developers to be exempt from £2bn cladding tax
Treasury officials brief the sector that the government has taken on demands for exclusion from new tariff
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NewsHousing associations to be exempt from £2bn cladding tax
Treasury decides to remove “non-profit” organisations from scope of new levy
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NewsCall for build to rent exemption as Treasury publishes £2bn developer tax details
British Property Federation argues rental landlords are already facing full cost of post-Grenfell fire safety repairs themselves
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NewsNew post-Grenfell code for construction products launched
Initiative aims to fight misleading marketing with ‘clear and unambiguous’ product information
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NewsGrenfell cladding compliance was responsibility of others, manufacturer tells inquiry
Cladding manufacturer said project team working on the tower’s refurbishment had failed to analyse the regulatory regime