Companies that fail to rectify problems will be “named and shamed” as part of a new government approachHundreds of thousands of flat owners will no longer have to pay to remove dangerous cladding from their buildings, Michael Gove will announce next week. The levelling up, housing and communities secretary is to declare on Monday that developers will be liable for making buildings safe. SponsoredHe plans to establish a team to pursue those who fail to do so, and will threaten to introduce new laws to compel developers to act. Gove is abandoning plans for a loan scheme that would have forced leaseholders in flats between 11m and 18m tall to take on significant debts to cover the cost of removing unsafe cladding themselves. Companies that fail to rectify problems will be “named and shamed” as part of a new government approach aimed

Source: The Times January 08, 2022 11:02 UTC