12 June 2020 Ahead of the third anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire there are still 2,000 high risk residential buildings with some form of dangerous cladding. Report: Cladding: progress of remediation Inquiry: Cladding: progress on remediation Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee The consequences for home owners have been devastating, with properties becoming unmortgageable […]
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Evidence session with resident action groups and Lord Greenhalgh on dangerous cladding
Posted onFrom: āHousing, Communities and Local Government Committeeā <hclgcom@parliament.uk> Date: 15 May 2020 at 09:58:33 BST To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: HCLG Committee: Evidence session on 18 May Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee For immediate release Ā Evidence session with resident action groups and Lord Greenhalgh on dangerous cladding Monday 18 May, 2.30pm Watch the session live […]
Remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings
Posted onNeil OāConnor CBE Director, Building Safety Programme Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 4th Floor, Fry Building 2 Marsham Street London SW1P 4DF Tel: 0303 444 1367 www.gov.uk/mhclg 6th April 2020 Remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on residential buildings The country is facing an unprecedented challenge due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. During […]
HCLG Committee: Cladding: progress on remediation inquiry – Survey
Posted onHousing, Communities and Local Government Committee For immediate release 13 March 2020 HCLG Committee invites residentsā experiences of cladding scandal The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched a survey to understand the extent of dangerous cladding remaining and other fire safety defects on residential buildings, and the impact this has had on residents […]
New inquiry ā Cladding: Progress of Remediation
Posted onDate: 6 March 2020 at 10:05:05 GMT Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee For immediate release New inquiry ā Cladding: Progress of Remediation The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has launched a new inquiry, Cladding: Progress of Remediation. The inquiry will review progress in removing potentially dangerous cladding from high-rise and high-risk buildings, and […]
Electric vehicle charge points in residential and non-residential buildings
Posted onĀ Ā Email address: chargepointsinbuildings@dft.gov.uk Office for Low Emission Vehicles Department for Transport Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road London SW1P 4DR 20 September 2019 Dear Sir/Madam Ā Re: Electric vehicle charge points in residential and non-residential buildings This response to your consultation is on behalf of The Federation of Private Residentsā Associations (FPRA), which as […]
New national model for shared ownership
Posted on29th September 2019 By Email To:- AffordableHomesProgramme@communities.gov.uk Dear Sirs New national model for shared ownership This response to your consultation is on behalf of The Federation of Private Residentsā Associations, which as far as we know, is the only national body that represents the voice of leaseholders in England and Wales. We have over 500 […]
Important Case on the Operation of Section 303(5) of the Companies Act 2006
Posted onImportant Case on the Operation of Section 303(5) of the Companies Act 2006 Judgment was handed down in case of Kaye v Oxford House (Wimbledon) Management Company Ltd [2019] EWHC 2181 (Ch) on Thursday 8th August 2019 by Deputy High Court Judge Lance Ashworth QC and is authority on the operation of Section 303(5) of […]
Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease Consultation paper
Posted onLeasehold Enfranchisement Team Law Commission 1st Floor Tower 52 Queen Anneās Gate London SW1H 9AG 16th November 2018 Dear Sirs Leasehold home ownership: buying your freehold or extending your lease Consultation paper This response to your consultation is on behalf of The Federation of Private Residentsā Associations (FPRA), which as far as we know, is […]
FPRA response to Law Commission’s Consultation Paper: Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership
Posted onLeasehold Enfranchisement Team Law Commission 1st Floor Tower 52 Queen Anneās Gate London SW1H 9AG 4 March 2019 SENT BY EMAIL AND POST Dear Sirs Law Commissionās Consultation Paper: Reinvigorating commonhold: the alternative to leasehold ownership This response to your consultation is on behalf of The Federation of Private Residentsā Associations (FPRA), which as far […]