While the Government’s broadening of the Building Safety Fund is welcome, there are still fundamental flaws in the system
Tim Darwall-Smith, Director, SBA Property Management Last week, Michael Gove announced that the government would be focusing on the protection of people living in residential blocks against having to pay the sometimes astronomical cost of replacing cladding on their buildings. While buildings over 18m high were the government’s main priority when addressing dangerous cladding practices, those that fell below this threshold still faced issues around cladding, insulation and fire breaks. […]