- Our statement on launch of the ABI’s Fire Safety Reinsurance Facility
It is now 18 months since the FCA recommended that the Association of British Insurers (ABI) “work with the Government to create a risk pooling solution, providing a plan for this solution and its implementation within 2 months”, and that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) “consider Government providing financial backing of ...
- Are shared owners in London left behind?
On 19 December 2023, Secretary of State Michael Gove wrote to all registered providers (e.g. housing associations) to let them know about changes the Government has made to relax rules on subletting and funding available for buybacks of shared ownership properties. He also asked registered providers to publish their policies online.
These changes were effective outside ...
- Life after the building safety crisis: Laura’s story
The first thing to say is that, in a variety of ways, we are lucky compared to many others who are caught up in the building safety crisis. We have now managed to sell our flat and were fortunate enough to be able to buy somewhere new. Our flat wasn’t dangerous, and we never felt ...
- Why hasn’t End Our Cladding Scandal met with my developer?
At the time of writing, 55 developers have signed the developer remediation contract and over the last few months, we have asked several participant developers to meet with us to discuss the progress of their remediation programme. As Michael Gove noted in his recent tweet, we are engaging with the Secretary of State and his ...
- Developer update: Fairview, Avant, Vistry, Crest Nicholson and Lendlease
At the time of writing, 55 developers have signed the developer remediation contract and over the last few months, we have asked several participant developers to meet with us to discuss the progress of their remediation programme. As Michael Gove noted in his recent tweet, we are engaging with the Secretary of State and his ...
- Our Meeting with Telford Homes – January 2024
On 25th January, we met with Telford Homes to discuss the company’s building safety remediation programme. The London-centric developer has 148 relevant buildings (over 11 metres in height) and around 15,000 homes in its portfolio, ranking it as the 7th largest to sign the Government’s developer contract in terms of the volume of buildings in ...
- Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: Ensuring the Building Safety Act operates as intended
It has always been clear that the nature of leasehold tenure has played an intrinsic part in the building safety crisis. As leaseholders, a lack of real control over our own homes has left us at the mercy of powerful freeholders and developers, leaving many leaseholders exposed to life-changing costs to remediate life-safety defects and ...
- Our written evidence to the Commons LUHC committee inquiry into shared ownership
In July 2023 the Commons Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee initiated an inquiry into shared ownership to examine the challenges associated with the scheme, including barriers to achieving full home ownership and whether shared ownership is genuinely an affordable route to owning a home.
We know that many shared owners are severely impacted by the ...
- Our report from Bellway’s 2023 AGM
On Friday 15th December 2023, two members of our team, both leaseholders in Bellway buildings, went to Bellway’s AGM in Newcastle. We would like to thank ShareAction for their support in arranging attendance.
It was interesting that, ahead of our attending the AGM, Bellway emailed ShareAction to offer a meeting instead. This was politely declined ...
- All leaseholders are innocent – but not all are protected
Nearly seven years after the Grenfell Tower fire, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people remain trapped in unsafe, unsellable and sometimes uninsurable homes.
All leaseholders are 100% innocent and must be protected from remediation costs. There should be no “non-qualifying” leases, and all multi-occupancy residential buildings should qualify for leaseholder protections, regardless of the building ...