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£200m fund for private blocks cladding replacement

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  1. This seems to differentially prejudice those responsible private owners in favour of those not so responsible; and put the burden on the tax payer. This seems fundamentally inequitable.
    If the government feels that it is right to mandate the replacement work across the private sector as well as taking action in its own public sector, then it could provide a positive incentive (eg a temporary tax break) whilst also wielding a stick against those who neglect their responsibilities; right up to compulsory purchase.
    However, the BRE and others who firstly establish our regulations and those who are expected to enforce them had better improve their game to provide both effective, applied standards and a level playing field.

  2. Let me get this straight: landlords can’t attempt to recover the cost of remediation from their leaseholders.

    Government is going to make £200m available for 170 projects. That seems like good value procurement. Quite how many contractors capable of undertaking this task, and with PI in place to permit them to do so, are currently sitting around twiddling their thumbs?

    Landlords are expected to take reasonable steps to recover the costs from “those responsible” for the cladding being there in the first place.

    Will “reasonable steps” include asking leaseholders to bear the costs of taking a complicated case to court, then?

    Talk about kicking a can up the road.

  3. should the tax payers fork up for construction failure that Is the responsibility of the owners

  4. Why should the taxpayer foot the bill??
    It is my understanding that the ‘Freeholder’ was responsible for the structure/fabric of a building, and therefore it should only be a loan to these companies who quite clearly won’t accept their responsibility. They should foot the bill and take it up with their insurers, their advisors and specifiers under latent defects or professional negligence. these companies were happy to profit from their leaseholders who were totally innocent of any blame.

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