All Housing articles – Page 15
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Crest Nicholson signs Gove’s ‘building safety pledge’ to fix tower blocks
Housebuilder first to confirm it will ink agreement and estimates cost will be up to £120m
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Former minister denies deregulation was prioritised over life safety before Grenfell fire
James Wharton tells inquiry he thought regulations had been “fit for purpose and working well”
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Housebuilders and Gove close to deal on cladding repairs
Negotiators are finalising text of pledge to remediate unsafe housing blocks but issue of funding for “orphan” buildings remains unresolved
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Former housing minister denies ‘aversion’ to regulation on fire safety
Brandon Lewis is the first government minister to provide evidence to the Grenfell Inquiry
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Fatal 2009 cladding fire not ‘severe’ enough to prompt investigation into similar buildings, Grenfell inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admits being ‘horrified’ by senior building control officer’s misunderstanding of fire safety guidance
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Senior civil servant admits missing opportunities to address risks of ACM cladding
Brian Martin tells Grenfell Inquiry he ‘struggles to understand’ why he did not take action
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Civil servant knew there was a ‘clear risk’ of a major ACM fire three years before Grenfell, inquiry hears
Brian Martin failed to warn fire and rescue chief and instead ‘lulled’ him into false sense of security
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Spurs kicks back plans for Lendlease scheme next door to stadium
Football club’s concerns over ‘public safety’ persuade council to defer planning decision over 3,000-home proposal
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Industry calls for more action on promised retrofit programme
Chancellor’s energy efficiency VAT cut welcomed but more investment needed to improve homes, argue sector bodies
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Senior civil servant ‘forgot’ to clarify ambiguous fire safety guidance, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Brian Martin also admitted he ‘completely underestimated’ hazard posed by deadly ACM panels
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People expected to ‘work out for themselves’ what fire regs meant, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Former civil servant in charge of the rules admits it was “evident” the approach had not worked
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Disastrous test failure on ACM cladding was ‘forgotten’, Grenfell inquiry hears
Senior civil servant responsible for building fire safety says 2001 tests “just got missed”
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Cost model: High-rise residential
Residential towers are on the rise again as the industry addresses sustainability, fire and overheating issues
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Senior official had not questioned ‘inappropriate’ fire ratings for cladding before Grenfell tragedy, inquiry hears
’Class 0’ rating was used for external walls until 2018 despite being based on how fire behaves indoors
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The true cost of Gove’s new cladding policy on the housing sector
Michael Gove’s announcement that housebuilders will foot the £4bn cladding repair bill sparked a share price nosedive. Is the City overreacting?
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Officials ‘didn’t understand the risk’ of fire safety decisions, Grenfell inquiry hears
Officials ’lost sight’ of important issues during deregulation drive, fire safety policy lead admits
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Government official ‘parroted’ industry protests on accreditation scheme for fire risk assessors
Grenfell Inquiry hears that official did “nothing” to scrutinise claims by businesses that scheme would be too costly
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Government guidance for fire risk assessors ‘beyond a joke’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Hearing told that there had been a “background of complacency” on fire safety in the government in years before 2017 blaze
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Step forward for £460m Kent hospital expansion plans
Developer offered land for 2,000 homes in exchange for building new facility for free
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Former senior civil servant’s ‘deep regret’ building regs were not revised following cladding warnings
Grenfell Inquiry told that fears over widespread use of ACM panels ‘should have been gripped better’