Housing secretary Michael Gove is on the verge of agreeing a deal with the Home Builders Federation which will see housebuilders agree to repair housing blocks affected by the fire safety crisis going back 30 years, Housing Today understands.

Two separate sources close to the negotiations said the Gove’s department and the HBF were close to agreeing the wording of a pledge, which individual housebuilders would then be expected to sign, committing builders to remediate all properties above 11m built within the last 30 years with fire safety issues.

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