Social landlords have warned they are facing a bill of
more than £10bn to fix fire safety problems after the Grenfell Tower disaster
and that much-needed affordable housebuilding is in jeopardy unless the
government funds a bailout. The cost is at least 25 times greater than the
£400m budgeted for so far by ministers for housing associations to remove
Grenfell-style cladding. It emerged as pressure grows on Downing Street to
sanction a separate bailout of private leaseholders estimated at more than
£2bn, with hundreds of thousands of homeowners unable to sell or mortgage their
homes. Read more on the Guardian website.
Too many buildings remain unsafe after Grenfell disaster, housing minister
warns
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Wajid Khan tells House of Lords remediation work is yet to start on half of
properties with unsafe cladding
Far too many high and medium-rise buildings a...
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