{"id":171220,"date":"2026-03-25T22:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dagenham-leaseholders-left-homeless-by-fire-could-be-forced-to-pay-for-cladding-works\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T22:14:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T15:14:22","slug":"dagenham-leaseholders-left-homeless-by-fire-could-be-forced-to-pay-for-cladding-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/dagenham-leaseholders-left-homeless-by-fire-could-be-forced-to-pay-for-cladding-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagenham leaseholders left homeless by fire could be forced to pay for cladding works"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGreater London Authority seeks \u00a36m refund for uncompleted fire safety work on destroyed Spectrum BuildingUK politics live \u2013 latest updatesPeople who lost their homes when a tower block in Dagenham burned down say they are being made to pay for the building\u2019s fire safety works after the government demanded its money back.Former leaseholders of the Spectrum Building, a seven-storey block of flats which was demolished after a major fire in August 2024, said it was \u201cabsolutely outrageous\u201d the Greater London Authority (GLA) was seeking to reclaim \u00a36m for the safety works because the blaze meant they were never completed. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Dagenham leaseholders left homeless by fire could be forced to pay for cladding works<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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