Crest Nicholson signs Gove’s ‘building safety pledge’ to fix tower blocks

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Housebuilder first to confirm it will sign agreement and estimates cost will be £80m to £120m

Crest Nicholson has become the first housebuilder to announce it has signed a ‘pledge’ to remediate mid-rise tower blocks under a deal with the government.

The firm, in a market update today, said the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) had set a deadline of 5 April for housebuilders to sign up to the deal. The 5 April deadline has not yet been confirmed by the government, but it is understood DLUHC will announce those that have signed the pledge later this week.

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