Three years of shame

[JohnD]

"Hundreds of buildings still have Grenfell-style cladding on them three years after the tragedy.

According to the latest available Government figures, 300 high-rise towers are still waiting the completion of remediation work for ACM cladding. Of those, 140 have started work and 54 have had ACM cladding removed.



This is despite former Communities Secretary James Brokenshire saying in a written statement last year that he expected all remediation work to be finished by June 2020.


Sunday will mark the third anniversary of the west London fire that killed 72 people."


https://www.standard.co.uk

 

[sxturbo]

Who cares focus has been moved to statues that up until last week no one found offensive.

We'll have to wait for another tragedy to happen.

I'm still awaiting the results of the independant review, the 2nd half that we were promised would come out with what happened and how it happened.

The first half was a load of drivle and was written purely to point the finger at the emergency services, and move it away from the politicians.

I'm surprised BLM have let this one slip.

 

[Notch7]

up until last week no one found offensive

you mean that you didnt find offensive.

the BLM movement and the recent protests are about a far wider issue than some statues, so please dont trivialise it.

 

[EFLImpudence]

Who cares focus has been moved to statues that up until last week no one found offensive.

What a good point.

Of course not, the people hadn't been told they were offensive until last week. How would they have known before that?


I see 'Penny Lane' in Liverpool has been redacted even though there is doubt whether it is actually named after a slave trader named Penny.

Obviously if it is The Beatles will be banned and some of the currency will have to be withdrawn.

 

[Ryler]

Hundreds of buildings still have Grenfell-style cladding on them three years after the tragedy

Its there for a reason boyo. To keep the heat in and save the planet.
The poor occupants cant afford the heating bills.
Or would you rather they just perish with the cold?

 

[JohnD]

I'm not in favour of homes being death traps.

Are you?

 

[motorbiking]

So its not really 300 then is it. If 54 have had the cladding removed and 140 are WiP.

How many were there to start with?

 

[JohnD]

So its not really 300 then is it.

Read my post.

 

[Brigadier]

So its not really 300 then is it. If 54 have had the cladding removed and 140 are WiP.

How many were there to start with?

300

 

[motorbiking]

Not according to other sources, the article removed all those that had been completed. According to this it was 436. So 44% have been made safe within 3 years, according to this 42% of the 32% are currently paused (59) a reduction of 11 from last month. So really the question should be 1/4 of buildings identified as having unsafe ACM have had no remedial work started despite the government making a £1bn fund available (without a land registry charge for the interest). So Lets name and shame the Landlords and Local Authorities that have done nothing in 3 years.

 

[JohnD]

the government making a £1bn fund available

What does "making available" mean?

Does it mean "A further £1bn for building safety was announced at the Budget in March, although this fund has not yet opened for applications and will be used primarily for non-ACM buildings. "

it was only in May that the government announced it was reneging on its previous commintment.

"Government backs away from June deadline for Grenfell-style cladding removal
News18/05/209:30 AM by Peter Apps

"But figures released last week showed that by the end of April, 307 towers were still awaiting the completion of remediation work – just 20 fewer than the figure when Mr Brokenshire made his pledge.


A total of 42 buildings have completed during the year, but more have been discovered, largely in the private sector.
This means there are 180 private buildings awaiting the completion of works, 17 more than when Mr Brokenshire made his pledge, with 131 not even having started.


While the government has ‘named and shamed’ a number of freeholders for not progressing work, it has introduced no meaningful enforcement action.


Asked by Inside Housing whether it still intended to hit the pledge, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said: “Building owners are responsible for making their buildings safe. Remediation work takes time and must be done safely and properly. How long it takes varies according to the individual building, depending on the type and extent of the work required.”


Mr Brokenshire’s pledge came shortly after the announcement of a £200m fund for removal work in the private sector. But this has proved difficult to access, with freeholders – often little more than investment companies established to hold the property asset – required to forward-fund the work and collect ‘state aid’ declarations from all the building’s leaseholders.


A further £1bn for building safety was announced at the Budget in March, although this fund has not yet opened for applications and will be used primarily for non-ACM buildings."

https://www.insidehousing.co.uk/new...ine-for-grenfell-style-cladding-removal-66463

The Grenfell scandal continues.

 

[JohnD]

So its not really 300 then is it.

I wonder why you are so resistant to admitting the awful performance of our government. Your document was from October 2019 and said "This leaves a total of 318 high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated in England."

A more up to date one says:

Building Safety Programme: Monthly Data Release
Data as at 30 April 2020
Coverage: England
Summary of latest figures (as at 30 April 2020)


...There are 307 high-rise residential and publicly owned buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations yet to be remediated in England. 56 of these buildings have had their ACM cladding systems removed.

https://assets.publishing.service.g...0/Building_Safety_Data_Release_April_2020.pdf

 

[JohnD]

"On the third anniversary of the fire, with commemoration services planned online, survivors and relatives also expressed disbelief that a public inquiry into the disaster had yet to conclude."

 

[transam]

Fact is the corporate manslaughter crimi Al. Enquiry is still on going by plod

2022 was the date bandied around for any conclusion to the inquiry

 

[Mottie]

"On the third anniversary of the fire, with commemoration services planned online, survivors and relatives also expressed disbelief that a public inquiry into the disaster had yet to conclude."

The Hillsborough Inquiry took 30 years.