Property News · February 20, 2023

Little help for victims of cladding scandal | Letter


Government inaction continues to cost leaseholders dear, says Lynne Hamshaw, whose daughter’s building insurance premium has gone up by 1,000%Thank you so much for your editorial on the seemingly forgotten cladding scandal (5 February). Apart from the fear of living in a flammable building, there is also the endless financial rip-off of paying increased building insurance. My daughter’s building insurance premium has risen 1,000%. The government has done little to help apart from talk to the insurance industry, while continuing to enjoy a bonanza in insurance premium tax, generated from leaseholders’ pockets.As for the few buildings that have been fixed, during remediation work lasting many months families will have been living in freezing flats with all insulation removed and natural daylight blocked off, on what is in effect a building site. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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