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Don’t exclude landlords from cladding help, politicians will be told

Government plans to rectify dangerous cladding are riddled with confusion and risk needless delays to addressing the problem.

That’s the warning from the National Residential Landlords Association as its chief executive Ben Beadle prepares to speak to MPs on the issue.

Earlier this month Housing Secretary Michael Gove announced plans to force developers to pay for remedial action to tackle dangerous cladding on buildings between 11 and 18 metres high.

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In the same announcement he argued that leaseholders should not be expected to foot the bill. However, ministers have yet to decide if buy to let  landlords will be included within the scheme.

It’s been confirmed that those who sublet properties because they cannot sell them due to dangerous cladding will be included in the scheme but no final announcement has been made about BTL.

The NRLA is warning that the government is not treating all leaseholders equally and risks delaying remedial work on dangerous cladding as the government seeks to understand who may be an accidental or BTL landlord.

 

Beadle - who today appears before the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Select Committee - says: “It makes no sense to be treating leaseholders who are landlords so differently to owner-occupiers. Both groups have faced the same problems, and both should be treated equally. We are calling on the government to rectify this injustice as a matter of urgency.”

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    So very true. Luckily I had the sense to avoid buying into any property with any sort of junk tacked on its outside. I am not being morbid but my time here is now very short. I can imagine a lot of properties being passed on to people and small companies who absolutely don't want them. What is going to happen in that situation?

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