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Florrie’s Law fails again as Haringey council dumps £100,000 bills on leaseholders in the midst of the Covid-19 disaster

Category: Latest News, Local authority leasehold, NewsTag: Covid-19, Florrie's law, Homes for Haringey, Local authority leasehold, Major works, Section 20, The Guardian

Self-interested freeholders and property managers chorus: ‘taxpayer must pay over cladding’ … which, as it happens, leaves their income streams untouched

Category: Cladding scandal, Communities Select Committee, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: ABI, ARMA, Building Safety Bill, Building safety reform, Cladding scandal, Insurance, James Dalton, MHCLG, Nigel Glen, Professor Nick Hopkins, Richard Silva

‘Get out of your ivory tower’: Tory MP turns on Jenrick over ‘shocking betrayal’ of cladding leaseholders

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Building Safety Bill, Building safety reform, Cladding scandal, Grenfell cladding, Long Harbour, Robert Jenrick, Stephen McPartland MP

Dame Judith Hackitt’s uninterest in leasehold tenure is like ‘wanting to build cars with no idea how they are driven’, says LKP

Category: Communities Select Committee, Latest News, NewsTag: Adriatic Land, ARMA, Building Safety Bill, Building safety reform, Building safety regulator, Charter Quay, Commonhold, Dame Judith Hackitt, Homeground Management Limited, Law Commission, Lord Greenhalgh, Martin Boyd, New Festival Quarter, Nigel Glen, Recognised Residents' Association, Richard Silva

Sector says ‘no, thanks’ to controversial Building Safety Bill

Category: Communities Select Committee, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: ARMA, Barking Riverside, BBC R4 You and Yours, Building Safety Bill, Communities Select Committee, Dame Judith Hackitt, Long Harbour, Martin Boyd, National Housing Federation, Nigel Glen, Richard Silva, Victoria Moffett

England’s cladding leaseholders could end up with equity stripped out of their homes, warns Welsh minister

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Celestia development, Cladding scandal, Commonhold, Communities Select Committee, Covid-19, David Melding, Inside Housing, Jenny Rathbone, Julie James, Martina Lees, MHCLG, Mike Hedges, Rishi Sunak, Sunday Times, Victoria Wharf, Welsh Government, Welsh Parliament

Public Accounts Committee issues damning verdict on MHCLG’s handling of the cladding crisis

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Cladding insurance, Cladding scandal, Grenfell, Grenfell cladding, Meg Hillier MP, MHCLG, National Audit Office, Public Accounts Committee

Housing associations furious at government’s 10-year repair-free offer to new shared owners

Category: Latest News, News, Shared ownershipTag: A2Dominion, Ballymore, Brendan Sarsfield, City Wharf Hoxton, Eric Pickles, Florence Bourne, Florrie's law, Housing associations, Local authority leasehold, Major works, Notting Hill Genesis, Optivo, Paul Hackett, Peabody, Section 20, Shared ownership, Shula Rich, Wardian London

‘Everybody must call on government, whoever you vote for’ to resolve cladding crisis, says Starmer

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Abi Tubis, Cladding insurance, Cladding scandal, EWS1, Gareth Jones, LBC, Leeds Cladding Scandal, Martin Boyd, Matt Hodges-Long, Nick Ferrari, Rachael Venables, Sir Keir Starmer

Lords from all parties trash government’s multi-billion pound give-away to freehold owners

Category: Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Baroness Andrews, Baroness Wilcox, Lord Bourne, Lord German, Lord Greaves, Lord Greenhalgh, Lord Thurlow, Rooftop development, Sir Ed Davey, Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Peter Bottomley

Jenrick’s £12bn home-building media fanfare falls flat as LBC radio returns to the cladding scandal

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Building safety fund, Cladding scandal, EWS1, Grenfell cladding, Housing associations, LBC, Maajid Nawaz, Nick Ferrari, Rachael Venables, Robert Jenrick, Shared ownership

Clairon Property Ombudsman

Housing Ombudsman names and shames social landlords ‘consistently wrong’ with leaseholders and shared owners

Category: Housing associations, Latest News, Local authority leasehold, NewsTag: A2Dominion, EWS1, Housing associations, Housing Ombudsman, Law Commission, Local authority leasehold, Notting Hill Genesis, Peabody, Professor Nick Hopkins, Shared ownership, Southwark, Southwark Council, Southwark Homeowner Council

42 MPs back Starmer’s attempt to block rooftop planning give-away to freeholders 

Category: Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Andrew Gwynne MP, Andy Slaughter MP, Apsana Begum MP, Bambos Charalambous MP, Barbara Keeley MP, Ben Lake MP, Bill Esterson MP, Caroline Lucas, Cat Smith MP, Charlotte Nicols MP, Chi Onwurah MP, Fleur Anderson MP, George Howarth, Giles Peaker, Helen Hayes MP, James Murray, John Cryer MP, John McDonnell, Justin Madders MP, Kate Green MP, Kate Hollern MP, Lord Bourne, Lord Thurlow, Lyn Brown MP, Matthew Pennycook MP, Mike Amesbury MP, Mike Hill MP, Nicholas Brown MP, Preet Kaur Gill MP, Rachael Maskell MP, Rebecca Long-Bailey MP, Rupa Huq MP, Sarah Jones MP, Sarah Olney MP, Sir Ed Davey, Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Mark Hendrick, Stephen Timms MP, Steve Reed, Thangam Debbonaire, Tony Lloyd MP, Tulip Siddiq MP, Yvonne Fovargue MP

Land Registry publishes new data on leasehold and fleecehold deals to help buyers and nudge Rightmove

Category: Latest News, NewsTag: ARMA, Clive Betts MP, CMA, Communities Select Committee, Dr Andrew Trigg, Katie Kendrick, Land Registry, Long Harbour, Nigel Glen, Richard Silva, RightMove, Zoopla

Lords warn government of “tidal wave of protest” at new right for freeholders to add extra floors without permission

Category: Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Baroness Andrews, Caroline Lucas, John McDonnell, Lord Greenhalgh, Lord Nick Bourne, Lord Thurlow, MHCLG, Mike Amesbury MP, Rooftop development, Sir Keir Starmer, Sir Peter Bottomley

Louie Burns’ ‘passion for justice’ praised in Commons by Justin Madders MP

Category: Latest News, Louie Burns, News, ParliamentTag: APPG, James Driscoll, Justin Madders MP, Katie Kendrick, Law Commission, Louie Burns, NLC, Sir Peter Bottomley, The Independent

After 60 consultations, Bottomley told ‘when parliamentary time allows’ for reforms promised three years ago

Category: Latest News, MHCLG, News, Parliament, Sir Peter BottomleyTag: 2019 election, James Brokenshire MP, Leasehold houses, Luke Hall, MHCLG, Peppercorn ground rents, Rooftop development, Sajid Javid, Sir Peter Bottomley

Is ‘Chapman’ the new ‘Daejan’?

Category: Latest News, News, Property tribunal, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeatsTag: Asphalt, Aster Group, Aster v Chapman, Daejan v Benson, Housing associations, Joshua Dubin, Legal costs, Lord Neuberger, Major works, Section 20, Section 20ZA, Section 27A, Surveyor costs

Andover asphalt major works war sees landlord forced to pay for leaseholders’ expert

Category: Latest News, Leasehold Valuation Tribunal, News, Property tribunal, Tribunal triumphs ... and defeatsTag: Asphalt, Aster Group, Covid-19, Daejan v Benson, Giles Peaker, Housing associations, Joshua Dubin, Judge Stuart Bridge, Kingsway Gardens, Legal costs, Lord Neuberger, Lord Sumption, Lord Wilson, Major works, Nearly Legal, Section 20, Section 20ZA, Surveyor costs, Tanfield Chambers, Upper-tier Tribunal

Pensioners in former pit village fight ground rents rising from £10 a year to £1,100pa (after a demand for £2,450pa was rejected)

Category: Ground rent scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Alan Copley Pennington, Alan Shaun Pennington, Alexander Stafford MP, Coppen (Estates) Limited, David Alan Senior, Dennis Plant, Ground rents, Heather Plant, Leasehold houses, National Coal Board, Robert Jenrick, Shirley Pennington, Thurcroft

Fewer leaseholders’ rights would help make buildings safe, L&Q tells MPs

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Building safety reform, Daisy Cooper MP, Dame Judith Hackitt, Dennis Davis, Fire safety, Fire Safety Bill, Grenfell cladding, Home Office, Housing associations, James Brokenshire MP, James Carpenter, Kit Malthouse, L&Q, MHCLG, National Fire Chiefs Council, Sarah Jones MP, Shared ownership, Sir Ed Davey, Waking watch contracts

Barking Riverside fire survivors round on secretive freeholder Adriatic Land, reports BBC R4

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, PressTag: Adriatic Land, ARMA, Barking Riverside, BBC R4 You and Yours, Building safety reform, Dame Judith Hackitt, Long Harbour, Melanie Abbott, MHCLG, Nigel Glen, Robert Jenrick, UKCAG

Dr Jonathan Evans

Apsana Begum takes to Zoom to help trapped Poplar and Limehouse cladding victims

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Apsana Begum MP, Cladding scandal, EWS1, Fire Brigades Union, Fire safety, Fire Safety Bill, Jon Wharnsby, Martin Boyd, Tower Hamlets, Waking watch contracts, Zoom

Pincher defends absent Jenrick in bad tempered Commons clash over Richard Desmond £1bn planning scandal

Category: Latest News, News, Parliament, PressTag: Adam Boulton, Affordable housing, Alan Brown MP, Andrew Wood, Boris Johnson, Christopher Pincher MP, Clive Betts MP, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Dominic Cummings, Financial Times, Huffington Post, James Daly MP, John Biggs, Kevin Hollinrake MP, Law Commission, Lobbying, London City Hall, London Docklands Development Corporation, MHCLG, Planning reform, Policy Exchange, Richard Desmond, Richard Thomson MP, Rishi Sunak, Robert Jenrick, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey MP, Sir Ed Davey, Sir Edward Lister, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Sky News, SNP, Steve Reed, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP, The Daily Telegraph, Tower Hamlets, Westferry Printworks

‘Years’ to sign off Peabody flats as safe, BBC is told. That means no one is able to sell up and leave …

Category: Cladding scandal, Housing associations, Latest News, NewsTag: BBC R4 You and Yours, Bellway, Bellway Homes, Building safety fund, Catalyst, Cladding scandal, Clarion, Defective Premises Act 1972, EWS1, G15, Housing associations, Hyde Housing, L&Q, Lord Greenhalgh, Melanie Abbott, Network Homes, Notting Hill Genesis, Optivo, Peabody, So-Stepney, Southern Housing Group, subletting, Tower Hamlets, UK Finance

Top civil servant warns Robert Jenrick over £1bn cladding bailout … promises post-Grenfell blame game won’t happen again

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, NewsTag: Building safety reform, Building safety regulator, Cladding scandal, Commonhold, Dame Judith Hackitt, Grenfell cladding, James Brokenshire, James Brokenshire MP, Jeremy Pocklington, London Assembly, London City Hall, Manchester Cladiators, Martin Boyd, Melanie Dawes, Natalie Elphicke MP, New Homes Ombudsman, Reserve fund, Rishi Sunak, Robert Jenrick, UKCAG

Brindley House cladding leaseholders face eviction, reports BBC R4 You and Yours

Category: Cladding scandal, Insurance, Latest News, News, PressTag: ARMA, BBC R4 You and Yours, Birmingham Leasehold Action Group, Brindley House, Cladding insurance, Cladding scandal, Covid-19, Flood Re, Insurance, Islington Gates, Lord Greenhalgh, Melanie Abbott, Nigel Glen, Poll Re, Shabana Mahmood MP, UK Cladding Action Group, UKCAG

Jenrick tells Bottomley: Bill to set new ground rents at peppercorn coming ‘shortly’

Category: Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: APPG, Covid-19, Ground rents, James Brokenshire MP, Leasehold houses, Lord Greenhalgh, Sajid Javid, Sir Peter Bottomley

Academic bars Oxford City Council from entering his flat to finish major works

Category: Justin Bates, Latest News, Local authority leasehold, NewsTag: Building safety reform, Dame Judith Hackitt, Fire safety, Giles Peaker, Joshua Dubin, Justin Bates, Local authority leasehold, Major works, Oxford City Council, Section 20, Sue Bright

Commons nods through Fire Safety Bill, amid plenty of grumbling by veteran MPs from all parties

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Alison Thewliss MP, Andy Slaughter MP, Barry Gardiner MP, Bob Blackman MP, Brindley House, Building Research Establishment, Building safety reform, Christine Jardine MP, Cladding insurance, Cladding scandal, Clive Betts MP, Daisy Cooper MP, Dame Judith Hackitt, Dr Jonathan Evans, EWS1, Fire Safety Bill, Gareth Bacon MP, Grenfell cladding, James Brokenshire MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, Kevin Hollinrake MP, Local Government Association, Nick Thomas-Symonds, Sir Bob Neill MP, Sir Mike Penning, Waking watch contracts

Government may help over waking watch bills

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: Cladding scandal, Grenfell cladding, Huffington Post, Inside Housing, Lord Greenhalgh, Mike Amesbury MP, Northpoint, Paddington Walk, Robert Jenrick, Waking watch contracts

Mike Amesbury: Young, highly mortgaged, often shared owners, with now uncertain employment … are facing homelessness and ruin over cladding

Category: Cladding scandal, Latest News, News, ParliamentTag: A2Dominion, Christopher Pincher MP, City Wharf Hoxton, Cladding scandal, Covid-19, EWS1, Housing associations, Islington Gates, Mike Amesbury MP, Sarah Jones MP, Shared ownership, Waking watch contracts

Milton Keynes cracks down on ‘fleecehold’ scams by housebuilders

Category: Fleecehold, Latest News, NewsTag: Andrew Tyrie, Competition and Markets Authority, Fleecehold, HorNet, Milton Keynes Council, South Somerset

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