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William Clark retweeted
Why don’t flats sell anymore?
The Times highlights soaring service charges and the building safety crisis.
Nearly a decade after Grenfell, mortgage barriers and endless remediation delays continue to destroy lives and livelihoods.
The market for apartments is in freefall ― but some types are still in demand. We look at the properties buyers want ― and those struggling to sell
thetimes.com/life-style/prop…
William Clark retweeted
The Remediation Bill will be presented to Parliament today.
We’ll examine the Bill and supporting documents closely. But our serious concerns remain.
Labour must finally get a grip: make every affected home fully safe, protect all residents and leaseholders, and end the harm.
ALT Screenshot of the parliamentary listing for the Building Safety (Remediation of Unsafe Cladding etc) Bill, presented by Secretary Angela Rayner. It says the Bill covers fire safety in residential buildings, external-wall remediation and risk mitigation in taller buildings, building information, unsafe construction-product liabilities, and residential building safety and management.
William Clark retweeted
We all believe in fires safety however how many of us believe in the UK fire safety regs ?
There is too many ppl making too much money out of leaseholders to actually tell us the truth.
Is my cladding safe ?
I no longer know but what I do know is I’m paying thru the nose.
William Clark retweeted
💬 " I just don't understand when a human life, or my life, became a tolerable risk to anybody. It should be you buy a home and it's a safe place."
@BBCnews #BuildingSafetyCrisis
William Clark retweeted
Nobody looking at the volume of these figures among the big six builders can think these are random failures, this is systematic failure of building control and enforcement of building safety standards over probably 20-30 years.
William Clark retweeted
No listed developer met the target to start or complete work on 80% of buildings by July 2026.
@mhclg says, “failure to meet their contractual obligations risks enforcement action, including being prohibited from carrying out major development.”
But consequences there are none.
ALT Bar chart titled “Missing the Target” showing the percentage of buildings where remediation had started or completed by July 2026, against a government target of 80%. All eight listed developers missed the target. Berkeley Group and Crest Nicholson reached around 68%, Bellway 60%, Persimmon 59%, Vistry 51%, Taylor Wimpey 48%, Gleeson 40% and Barratt Redrow just 28%. Source: Gov.uk. Chart published by Investors’ Chronicle.
William Clark retweeted
Exactly. Developers miss the targets they agreed with Government, yet face no meaningful consequences.
Nothing has changed. It's business as usual and an unrelenting focus on the needs of industry.
And Labour insists the building safety crisis has not been deprioritised...
William Clark retweeted
Since the end of January this year, the cladding backlog rose 12% to 4,697 blocks. The lack of urgency to help leaseholders is debilitating for those trapped both physically, mentally and financially. Despite progress on completed projects; up 22.2%, the mounting number of blocks in need of work, still face 33 weeks for the Building Safety Regulator to approve remediation applications before any work can begin and that’s if a contractor is available
thenegotiator.co.uk/news/reg…
Hey Siri…..show me a story that highlights serfdom and feudalism Britain today.
Sure…….its called being a Leaseholder.
@mhclg @AngelaRayner @andyburnham @EOCS_Official
George's home has been without hot water or heating for more than six months and his wife is recovering from major surgery.
The developer of their block has since gone into liquidation, leaving the companies involved unable to agree who should pay to fix problems with the gas pipes.
Now George, 31, says he's been told to pay a lump sum of almost £4000 in service charges -including a “debt collection fee” of £1,000 - within a day.
Grangeford says the leaseholders are in “in breach of lease” for not paying their service charges - which residents deny. It has not responded to requests for comment.
More on this story ➡️ bbc.in/4ypZcbP
#HousinginLondon #Londonnews
William Clark retweeted
The cladding and building safety scandal ruined my life for 8 years. Its impacts will never leave me.
But I’m one of the lucky ones. So many people are still living with this nightmare.
How are we still failing this many people?
It’s an absolute disgrace.
#Grenfell was 9 years ago. Behind these failed numbers delivered by members of @HomeBuildersFed to fix unsafe homes, there are families trapped and financially stressed. Every building has a number of sad and preventable stories. @EOCS_Official @AngelaRayner @andyburnham @mhclg
The message is clear: building more homes has been prioritised over making existing homes safe.
Despite the missed targets, self-reported data and years of delay, there is still no meaningful change in @mhclg's approach.
Warm words. Weak oversight. Unsafe homes.
What strikes me with these abject numbers and failure for @HomeBuildersFed to fix the unsafe homes they built is that they represent the same firms @mhclg will look to incentivise with our taxes to “build baby build”. We live in interesting times. @AngelaRayner @mtpennycook
Afraid to say we’re still among the 854 buildings where remediation hasn’t started, and there’s still no plan in place.
@AngelaRayner
Shame and name. @TelfordHomes @CBRE @CBRE_UK 7% completion in fixing unsafe buildings. 9 years later. Money still matters more than the safety of people who buy their homes it seems and @mhclg @mtpennycook @AngelaRayner are happy to tolerate this? @EOCS_Official
William Clark retweeted
MHCLG’s dashboard shows which developers missed the 80% target – and by how much.
But there is still no clarity on what consequences they will face.
William Clark retweeted
The message is clear: building more homes has been prioritised over making existing homes safe.
Despite the missed targets, self-reported data and years of delay, there is still no meaningful change in @mhclg's approach.
Warm words. Weak oversight. Unsafe homes.
William Clark retweeted
Government’s latest developer data confirms an abject failure.
Developers promised to start or complete work on 80% of their buildings by July 2026.
Their (self-reported) data shows just 53% have started or completed – and only 23% are complete.
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William Clark retweeted
Detectives investigating the Grenfell Tower disaster have submitted case files of evidence to prosecutors involving 20 companies and 54 individuals.
72 people died in the fire in June 2017.
Police said they were asking the CPS to consider charges including corporate manslaughter, gross negligence manslaughter, health and safety offences, fraud, and misconduct in public office.
William Clark retweeted
Today we relaunch the #EndOurCladdingScandal campaign and call on the government to follow these 10 steps to make this happen
@McrCladiators @BrumLag @OHGResidents @LeedsCladding @LondonCAG @SotonCAG @NLC_2019 @lvplcladiators @insidehousing
@ukcag @GrenfellUnited
William Clark retweeted
⬇️ Six years on, people across the country are still trapped in unsafe homes.
Still waiting for change.
Still waiting for hope.
@andyburnham @AngelaRayner
Today we relaunch the #EndOurCladdingScandal campaign and call on the government to follow these 10 steps to make this happen
@McrCladiators @BrumLag @OHGResidents @LeedsCladding @LondonCAG @SotonCAG @NLC_2019 @lvplcladiators @insidehousing
@ukcag @GrenfellUnited
William Clark retweeted
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