Seven years on from the Grenfell Tragedy, it may still be another decade before dangerous cladding is removed from homes.
Grenfell Tower
A report from the National Audit Office has found that whilst the government has made progress, there are potentially thousands of unsafe buildings yet to be identified.
The report estimates that more than £16 billion pounds will be needed to fix the crisis across the country. It also estimates that 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding are yet to be identified.
In the capital, the London Fire Brigade know of about 1,200 buildings that need work to make them safe.
When could the work be done?
The work has been given an end date of 2035, but the National Energy Action wants the government to set a clearer timeline.
The Prime Minister has promised a “generation shift in the safety and quality in housing for everyone in this country”. He made this statement in the House of Commons with the bereaved families in the gallery.
“Shocked but not surprised”
The temporary Grenfell Memorial outside of the tower block.
Giles Grover is part of the End Our Cladding Scandal campaign group. He told City News that he was shocked but perhaps not that surprised to see the scale of the building safety crisis.
He went on to say that at the end of the day, it was people’s homes that were being affected, and that there is a large a mental health impact of not knowing when your home is going to be safe.
This all comes after the conclusion of the Grenfell inquiry in September. It found a chain of failures across government and the private sector that led to the deaths of 72 people.
Alex Norris MP, who is the building safety minister, said that the pace of work has been unacceptably slow. He also said that regulators will take “enforcement action against those building owners who fail to act”.
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Seven years on from the Grenfell Tragedy, it may still be another decade before dangerous cladding is removed from homes.
Grenfell Tower
A report from the National Audit Office has found that whilst the government has made progress, there are potentially thousands of unsafe buildings yet to be identified.
The report estimates that more than £16 billion pounds will be needed to fix the crisis across the country. It also estimates that 60% of buildings with dangerous cladding are yet to be identified.
In the capital, the London Fire Brigade know of about 1,200 buildings that need work to make them safe.
When could the work be done?
The work has been given an end date of 2035, but the National Energy Action wants the government to set a clearer timeline.
The Prime Minister has promised a “generation shift in the safety and quality in housing for everyone in this country”. He made this statement in the House of Commons with the bereaved families in the gallery.
“Shocked but not surprised”
The temporary Grenfell Memorial outside of the tower block.
Giles Grover is part of the End Our Cladding Scandal campaign group. He told City News that he was shocked but perhaps not that surprised to see the scale of the building safety crisis.
He went on to say that at the end of the day, it was people’s homes that were being affected, and that there is a large a mental health impact of not knowing when your home is going to be safe.
This all comes after the conclusion of the Grenfell inquiry in September. It found a chain of failures across government and the private sector that led to the deaths of 72 people.
Alex Norris MP, who is the building safety minister, said that the pace of work has been unacceptably slow. He also said that regulators will take “enforcement action against those building owners who fail to act”.
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