{"id":114483,"date":"2020-02-24T19:14:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T12:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/half-a-million-people-in-uk-live-in-flats-with-unsafe-cladding-report\/"},"modified":"2020-02-24T20:16:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T13:16:25","slug":"half-a-million-people-in-uk-live-in-flats-with-unsafe-cladding-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/half-a-million-people-in-uk-live-in-flats-with-unsafe-cladding-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Half a million people in UK live in flats with unsafe cladding \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nPressure growing on ministers to launch \u00a32bn 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 \u00a32bn.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 \u00a3100,000 each will demand action from ministers. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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