Matt Hall

[The Spectator @spectator]

On today's Reality Check podcast: Buying a flat in Britain has increasingly become a fool’s errand, driven in part by the leasehold system trapping homeowners into flats.

When Labour wrote their manifesto they promised reform to the leasehold system, but it remains a sticking point in Westminster due to heavy lobbying.

@Simmons__ | @HarryScoffin

https://t.co/bsVoWRzBuy

[Harry Scoffin @HarryScoffin]

😡GOVERNMENT BLOCKS FOI REQUEST BECAUSE OF NEED FOR ‘SAFE SPACE’😡

What is the point of participating in yet more consultations when @UKLabour refuses to publish the results of the last one?!

The system feels rigged to favour deep-pocketed vested interests.

[rj @richard_jm]

A whole parliament is HALF A DECADE.

I was 39 years old when this clvsterfuck omnishambles began.

I’m 46 now. My

Life plans in shatters.

I’m already out 10s OF THOUSANDS OF POUNDS £££

A whole parliament - ARE U FVCKING KIDDING ME ?!

[Will Blears @WilliamBlears]

Increase on stamp duty on second homes, how about those who literally cant sell their homes due to the Grenfell Tower and cladding issues, and therefore have to some how move and buy a 'second home' zero support and not even considered...

[Rituparna @ritustweets]

Every leaseholder who has met this man knows he is a fraud. He has no morals and will do & say anything for power. He cares for no one but himself.
Perfect Tory leader.
#ToryCorruption

[rj @richard_jm]

Ppl keep dying from the fall out of Grenfell, the millions of cladding hostages trapped in unsellable flats that the building industry & UKG refuse to be held accountable & free them💔💔💔

Thead: @thetimes

[rj @richard_jm]

Lost count of the # of times I’ve said ppl are dying from the endless cladding & building safety crisis.

On the other hand, no matter how bankrupt, claustrophobic or lonely you feel, don’t let the cvnts take away from u the most precious gift of life.

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

Within months of telling parliament how her home left her in a financial and emotional black hole, Amanda Walker was dead. Her parents are telling her story ⬇️

[VirtualVirgil @PhilH23]

A reminder Grenfell is 1 of an estimated 10,000+ tower blocks in the UK most of which are still potential Grenfell2s with half a million people living in them. #Grenfell💚💚💚

[NLC - KATIE KENDRICK OBE - LEASEHOLD CAMPAIGNER @NLC_2019]

Flat owner says lives are at risk after London fire.

“Taylor Wimpey, along with the managing agents FirstPort, and the freeholder E&M, have pontificated for far too long over the work required at VW."

@DeansOfCardiff @EOCS_Official
#LeaseholdScandal https://t.co/oUXVkJv3Ay

[End Our Cladding Scandal @EOCS_Official]

"The building safety crisis has trapped 700,000 people in dangerous homes and left almost three million owners with flats they cannot sell. Almost all are properties built or refurbished since 2000"

🚨Over 15,000 made homeless.

@Lees_Martina reports 👇
https://t.co/ID42UKvFQI

[The Independent @Independent]

@Independent Read more: Residents unable to sell homes in blocks built with cladding deemed ‘safe’ seven years after Grenfell fire disaster – as insurance companies accused of profiteering by hiking premiums by up to 1,000% https://t.co/RViW3dmVbF

[Sophie @SophieLB1]

Leasehold admin today:
💵£1,570 paid for half yearly service charge
💵£350 paid in ground rent
💵A warning my managing agent is 'closing off' the last 3 years service charges - expect costs
All for a flat I am DESPERATE to get rid of but can't thanks to the #BuildingSafetyCrisis

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Six and a half years ago the city woke up to images most of us will never forget. 72 people lost their lives, 18 of them children.

If you think it's wrong that no one has been held to account for that yet, join the community tonight in solidarity⬇️

[End Our Cladding Scandal @EOCS_Official]

📰 @insidehousing recently reported on a survey we undertook.

❗It shows that only 1 in 5 leaseholders in dangerous blocks have seen remediation work start.

❗78.8% could not remortgage.

@MichaelGove Most of us remain trapped

#BuildingSafetyCrisis
https://t.co/bLH7Xv0d5Z

[Matt Hall @matty268]

@cfc_hitchens91 Things you love to see

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Club statement.

[Welsh Cladiators @WelshCladiators]

Let’s be clear @WelshCladiators & all 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿build & fire safety private home victims are now not just fighting the developers cartel but also incredibly the @WelshGovernment. @JulieJamesMS statement explains six years pedestrian pace. We dared to buy our own homes in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿! @ITVWales

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

Developers: you have one week to sign the building safety contract to fix unsafe buildings you are responsible for or you will be banned from operating in the housing market.

[London Leaseholder @2mod2]

“There is a huge insurance scandal coming down the track with what has been going on with managing agents and leaseholders. It is absolutely outrageous; they are just ripping people off”
TY @LordRoyKennedy
@Fox_Claire
@team_greenhalgh 👍