Property News · February 24, 2020

Half a million people in UK live in flats with unsafe cladding – report


Pressure growing on ministers to launch £2bn bailout, with rally planned by debt-stricken leaseholders More than half a million people are living in unsafe private apartments wrapped in combustible cladding, according to a survey by property agents, as pressure grows on ministers to launch a bailout that could cost more than £2bn.The estimated scale of the post-Grenfell cladding crisis is far higher than previous government figures have suggested and comes before a rally in Westminster on Tuesday, when leaseholders who are facing unaffordable bills of up to £100,000 each will demand action from ministers. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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