Cladding worries

Enough talk time for action

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@Coleman48J I can’t believe that they are trying to get us to pay for the safety harness used in the remedial work through the service charges when it was agreed that they would pay for the remedial work. They see us as mugs

[Cladding Victim  @LostInSW19]

🚨 Many shared owners find out they can't sell because they can't extend their lease.

Housing associations knew about the risks, but shared owners were not warned.

@CMAgovUK @mhclg when will this mis-selling be investigated?

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@ThomasFTurrell It’s just a way of exploiting hardworking young people

[Thomas Turrell AM @ThomasFTurrell]

The problems with our housing market go beyond number of units. Building more alone does not address underlying issues.

Shared Ownership should be a middle-ground to help people get a foot on the ladder but as a model it is broken and needs fixing.

https://t.co/m3d9Vpqy5g

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@north_residents @MetTVH @AngelaRayner @mtpennycook They weren’t interested when the painter trapped some of us inside by painting them whilst shut so why now when they are getting replaced anyway

[Cladding Victim  @LostInSW19]

❌ Every night 600,000 people go to bed in dangerous buildings, with flammable cladding & other life-critical fire safety defects.

Unfortunately, your Government has no coherent plan to get these buildings fixed. We're told all we'll get is a 'plan' by 2029.

Not. Good. Enough.

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@Keir_Starmer Tell that to all of us trapped in cladding nightmare. We bought into that dream 😢

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@Keir_Starmer How about compensation for living in unsafe buildings all this time? Shared ownership was supposed to be affordable housing. It’s not that now and we have bought into dangerous buildings. Miss selling.

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@north_residents @MetTVH @SurreyFRS It makes you wonder what exactly they did do when they did the original survey

[Cladding Victim  @LostInSW19]

"Fixing all flats with flammable cladding will take until 2037 — 20 years after the Grenfell Tower fire — and is likely to cost £16.6 billion, the National Audit Office has found."

https://t.co/VPXobgSPDw

[Cladding Victim  @LostInSW19]

Fire sales, people going bankrupt, insurers profiteering & govt turning a blind eye on the human cost of the building safety crisis.

Meanwhile, cladding manufacturers are making huge profits selling new cladding for remediation projects.

Is this the 'growth' Labour want?

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@north_residents @MetTVH & the 2nd

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@north_residents @MetTVH Ok had my new one through & they have got it wrong again. That is 4 times now 🤦‍♀️

[Nicola Hawkins @nicola_hawkins]

I still find it shocking I’m more protected buying a washing machine than I am from buying a flat.

If my washing machine has a manufacturing default, I get a new one… if my flat is defect, tough. You’re stuck in it, unable to sell and trapped for life.

@FreeLeasehlders

[Helen @Helen_NW1]

Misinformation. If I buy a car I own it and if I lease a car it’s a short-term contract. Aspiring flat owners don’t have that choice in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 they’re forced into a lifetime tenancy with ownership liabilities
@CommonholdNow

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

Leasehold is the right to occupy 100cu.m of air for a fixed time. It is not owning anything. And often comes with hefty and unregulated annual charges.

[Sarah Ludford 🇬🇧 🇮🇪🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @SarahLudford]

“property owners face huge bills when lease due to expire”

And people wonder why we aging freeholders are reluctant to downsize/rightsize to flats to liberate a house for a family? Fundamental reform of leasehold rip-off should be a no-brainer for govt. https://t.co/fALGlm4HB4

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@dino868 @Keir_Starmer @UKLabour @AngelaRayner I am worried for the future. This was not what I thought it was investing in Shared Ownership in 2009.

[Exploited Tenants UK @ExploitedTenant]

@SHAC_Action @ObserverUK @JonUngoedThomas @AngelaRayner @mtpennycook I used to own a leasehold flat.

The management company was always demanding money for maintenance and repairs. On every occasion, the leaseholders got ripped off.

Property management? Legalised crime more like!!!

[Cladding worries @WorriesCladding]

@north_residents @polluterpaysbsb @dannybster @RedrowRipOff @WelshCladiators @ActionFSJ @EOCS_Official @TheSecretFF999 @fbunational @Kwajotweneboa @leasedbykc @mhclg The whole think is a scandal. Why was social housing built with cheaper materials? It’s a rich and poor divide. We wil never keep quiet about it. It is time for things to change