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A company behind a fire safety initiative has surveyed tenants in both the private and social rental sectors, and claims shortcomings...

Landlords directly affected by the cladding scandal - because they own units in low and medium-rise blocks - have some good...

The government claims its new Building Safety Bill, published yesterday, will create “lasting generational change” after Grenfell and the cladding crisis...

Labour’s new housing spokesperson is the experienced MP Lucy Powell, who until last weekend was shadow business and consumer affairs minister.  She...

It’s feared that the government’s latest funding to solve the cladding crisis will leave thousands of landlords with loans and unsellable...

London Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan wants a £3 billion one-off windfall tax on private developers to fund replacement cladding on affected...

The unknown number of landlords with properties in blocks caught in the cladding crisis may be able to benefit from a...

One hidden aspect of the recent cladding controversy has been that many landlords have been unable to sell or remortgage flats...

The government has published its response to the House of Commons, Communities and Local Government Select Committee’s (HCLG) report on cladding...

The government has been criticised by the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) for taking far too long to remove all flammable cladding...

Rishi Sunak's first Budget included new taxes for overseas property buyers, funding to remove unsafe cladding, fresh funds to support the...

Rendered insulation could be a bigger issue for scores of tower blocks with flammable cladding, according to Andrews Property Group.  Almost three...

The government is being urged to fund a bailout to help social landlords avoid a £10bn bill to fix fire safety...

A new 10-point manifesto designed to drive forward leasehold reform has been published by a prominent leasehold reform campaigner, following the...

The government has set up a £200m fund to replace unsafe Grenfell Tower-style cladding on around 170 private high-rise residential buildings...

The government has released the first tranche of an estimated £400m to fund the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding on...

A call by a Parliamentary committee for the government to fund certain fire safety improvements in privately owned residential blocks has...

The publication yesterday of Dame Judith Hackitt’s Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, confirming that landlords and building managers will...

A crowdfunding page has been set up by concerned tenants who are looking to pay for an independent fire safety inspection...

Private landlords of high-rise buildings in Wales are being encouraged to take up an offer of free cladding safety checks following...