Apartment owners affected by the cladding responded to the latest government announcement of funding for unsafe buildings.
The government announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with the industry under which it will contribute £ 5 billion to address a building security scandal.
It says the developers will allocate a minimum of £ 2 billion for the renovation of hazardous buildings, and the industry will also pay £ 3 billion through increased building security fees.
The government has announced that it has reached an agreement with the industry, according to which it will contribute 5 billion pounds to eliminate the scandal with safety in construction.
The The agreement provides for the country’s 35 largest builders fix all the buildings above 11 meters that they have helped build over the last 30 years.
The government also insists that it will introduce new powers that apply to all other companies that have not signed, as well as those that violate the agreement they signed.
But tenants and campaign participants said that without deadlines, some developers are likely to simply avoid paying by reaching for repairs.
Apartment owner Rhys Lipman said: “I just read the government’s announcement regarding developers and I still don’t believe it means anything to the vast majority of apartment owners, myself included.
“My developer is not on the list, so despite the fact that our building is 11 to 18 meters long, I still don’t know how our building will be renovated.
The fact that this is a “statement” means that all developers who have registered can easily get out of jail. It should be a law enforced by the government, not a pledge that can be buried and postponed.
“It’s an even blackout by the government, which is once again throwing the bank down the road and still not solving the fundamental problem that millions of us are trapped in dangerous houses and unable to move, without a fixed deadline if we can get out further from this mess. We still talk years later, not months.
“I have no idea what will happen to our building, it just feels like 1 step forward and 2 steps back. I’m exhausted and still have no choice but to keep fighting. “
He said: “I was relieved when Michael Gove announced that landlords like me would not have to pay for the cladding, but now I’m not so sure. The developer who built my unit is not one of the registered companies and we are not sure if they will ever.
“My neighbors with young children and I are now stuck in an orphaned building and are afraid of the day when they will demand to pay tens of thousands of pounds for the land on our doorstep. Today’s announcement means even more sleepless nights for me. “
And apartment owner John Burns said: “The ad completely ignores buildings below 11 meters. Gove says these buildings are safe. It should make RICS, creditors and insurers agree. ”
Liam Spender, a trustee of the Leasehold Knowledge Partnership and a senior fellow at Velitor Law, said the announcement is a long-awaited step forward.
However, he added: “It can only be the end of the beginning.
“We will need to understand the details of how all this will be controlled and implemented, building after building.
“Until these details are worked out, people will unfortunately have to keep paying for watches and increased insurance premiums, which is not the money they are going to return, even with this latest statement. We need to see action soon.
In an announcement, level secretary Michael Gow suggested that the agreement represents “a significant step towards protecting innocent tenants” and ensures that those responsible pay for “resolving the crisis they helped cause.”
He said: “I welcome the move of many of the biggest developers to do the right thing.
“But this is just the beginning. We will do everything possible to bring the industry to justice, and in accordance with our new measures we will have nowhere to hide. “
