All building safety act articles
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In FocusInvestigation: how are councils assessing the risks of uPVC cladding in low-rise housing after the Barnet fire?
When a fire in 2023 destroyed four terraced houses Barnet Council brought the housing sector’s attention to an overlooked fire safety issue: the use of uPVC cladding in low-rise homes. Have other councils heeded its warning?
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NewsGovernment and BSR warn against ‘unacceptably high’ service charges for building safety case reports
Building managers have been told that service charges relating to building safety ‘must be reasonable’
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NewsBuilding control dodges potential crisis as accreditation deadline extended
Inspectors now have until July to prove competence after 13-week extension in England
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NewsWales extends building control registration deadline amid fears of crisis
But uncertainty remains over deadline in England
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NewsOlympic Village owners ordered to pay back £18m of taxpayers’ money by judge
Get Living says the implications of the ruling at a first-tier tribunal are “profound” for the industry
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NewsA2 Dominion changes executive team structure in drive to improve resident services
The London housing association will not increase its housebuilding programme, in order to focus on improving its existing services
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NewsAvant Homes signs cladding contract
Latest signature leaves three developers - Abbey Developments, Dandara and Rydon Homes - yet to sign
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NewsGove launches scheme to penalise housebuilders for non-payment of building safety costs
Responsible Actors Scheme has power to stop developers that don’t repair buildings from trading
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NewsPeer launches bid to force developers breaching building regulations to pay for all defects
The Earl of Lytton’s “polluter pays” amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will be debated on Monday
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NewsBuilding safety registration portal for high-rise buildings goes live
Details of 12,500 buildings required to be submitted to new Building Safety Regulator before 1 October
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NewsUPDATED: volume housebuilders sign building safety contract
First signatures come amid controversy over Gove threats to ban laggards from the industry despite delays in sending out contracts
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NewsGovernment pilots building safety levy-funded repair programme
Applications will be invited for cladding work on around 60 buildings
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CommentWill DLUHC legal action be the ‘final nudge’ needed to fix fire safety defects?
The government earlier this week gave notice of legal action to a building owner over its failure to carry out fire safety remediation on a tower block, Theresa Mohammed explains the significance
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NewsGovernment takes steps towards first cladding legal action
DLUHC gives Grey GR Limited Partnership 21 days to complete remediation works or face action