Housebuilders and Gove close to deal on cladding repairs

By Joey Gardiner2022-04-01T06:00:00

Negotiators are finalising text of pledge to remediate unsafe housing blocks but issue of funding for “orphan” buildings remains unresolved

Housebuilders look set to agree to repair housing blocks affected by the fire safety crisis going back 30 years in a deal with the government to end the dispute over who is responsible for cladding repairs.

Two separate sources close to the negotiations between the Home Builders Federation (HBF) and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said the sides were close to agreeing the wording of a pledge – which individual housebuilders would then be expected to sign – committing builders to remediate all properties above 11m built within the past 30 years with ongoing fire safety issues.

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