DLUHC warns housebuilders to sign cladding pledge contracts ‘very soon’

By Carl Brown2022-10-31T10:15:00

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Department says it will “not accept any backsliding” over housebuilders’ tower blocks fire safety promise

The Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC) said it is close to finalising revised fire safety pledge contracts and expects housebuilders to sign them “very soon”.

A total of 48 developers signed Michael Gove’s ‘developer pledge’ earlier this year, which commits them in principle to fixing ‘life-critical’ fire safety defects on their own blocks going back 30 years. Commitments from individual housebuilders under the pledge have totalled more than £2bn.

However, housebuilders refused to sign the initial contracts in August due to concerns the wording would leave them having to pay for works beyond ‘life-critical’ defects. They were also concerned the text would allow DLUHC to reopen the settlement at a later date.

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