All Grenfell Tower articles – Page 3
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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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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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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 allowed Kingspan insulation despite describing its certificate as ‘garbage’
National House Building Council warned twice that product was ‘accident waiting to happen’
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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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NewsLabour pledges new agency to fund post-Grenfell repairs
Shadow housing secretary tells party conference that Right to Buy policy cannot continue
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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
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NewsDozens of amendments to Building Safety Bill to be debated by MPs
12 changes to existing clauses and 16 new clauses have been proposed by opposition and backbench MPs
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NewsConstruction industry ‘cannot be trusted’ on regulation, Grenfell inquiry hears
Closing remarks on latest phase says sector focussed on profit as product certifier branded ‘hopelessly weak’
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NewsGrenfell Tower ‘to be demolished’, say reports
Reports come as inquiry resumes this week with further evidence from fire safety expert Barbara Lane
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NewsMortgage lenders need more information before changing EWS1 approach
Most lenders and valuers continue to require assessments on blocks below 18m despite government announcement
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NewsFour out of five high street properties ripe for resi conversion
Controversial permitted development conversion rights and new fire safety tests for high rises have come in to force
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NewsHigh rise levy to hit up to 14,000 new homes a year
Ministry to exempt affordable housing from Building Safety Levy but admits charge might knock completions