{"id":103422,"date":"2022-01-10T16:10:32","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=103422"},"modified":"2022-01-10T16:10:32","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:10:32","slug":"uk-cladding-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/uk-cladding-crisis\/103422\/","title":{"rendered":"Gove cracks down on UK cladding crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michael Gove has warned developers that they must pay to fix the UK cladding crisis, as he overhauls the government\u2019s approach to building safety<\/a><\/h2>\n

Secretary of state, Michael Gove<\/a> has written to the industry, giving them a deadline of early March to agree on a fully funded plan of action to fix the cladding crisis<\/a> on 11-18 metre buildings, which is currently estimated to be \u00a34bn.<\/p>\n

He warns he will take all steps necessary to make this happen, including restricting access to government funding and future procurements, the use of planning powers and the pursuit of companies through the courts.<\/p>\n

Gove added that if the industry fails to take responsibility, the government will if necessary impose a solution in law.<\/p>\n

The secretary of state is also due to make a statement later today (10 January) to the House of Commons, announcing plans to protect innocent leaseholders, who are trapped in unsellable homes and face excessive bills to fix dangerous cladding defects.<\/p>\n

Mr Gove will also unveil a package of measures to restore common sense to the industry and end the situation of buildings being declared unsafe when they are not.<\/p>\n

\u2018Too many have failed to live up to their responsibilities\u2019<\/h3>\n

In the letter Gove states:\u201d Our home should be a source of security and pride. For too many of the people living in properties your industry has built in recent years, their home has become a source of misery. This must change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is neither fair nor decent that innocent leaseholders, many of whom have worked hard and made sacrifices to get a foot on the housing ladder, should be landed with bills they cannot afford to fix problems they did not cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment has accepted its share of responsibility and made significant financial provision through its ACM remediation programme and the Building Safety Fund<\/a>. Some developers have already done the right thing and funded remedial works and I commend them for those actions.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut too many others have failed to live up to their responsibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gove asks companies to agree to:<\/h3>\n