Forced Evacuations due to defective building

Imagine being forced to leave your home due to defective construction and being forced to pay crippling remediation costs. This is happening in the UK – which is why we need the Earl’s Building Safety Remediation Scheme.

An investigation by The Sunday Times found that since the Grenfell Fire of 2017 more than 15,000 residents have been forced to leave homes due to fire or fire safety defects.

Only by placing joint and several liability on the developer and lead contractor or their parent companies can we remove the race to the bottom in the construction industry and prevent the below:

Forced Evacuations

1. Jun 2017 – New Lawrence House, Hulme 2. Jun 2017 – Chalcots Estate, London 3. Aug 2017 – Ledbury Estate, London 4. Aug 2018 – Empress Mill, Trafford 5. Feb 2019 – Appleton House, Bradford 6. May 2019 – Merle Court, London 7. July 2019 – Arch Street, London 8. Aug 2019 – Kingfisher Court, Huddersfield 9. Oct 2019 – Citiscape, Croydon 10. Jun 2020 – Childers Street, London 11. Aug 2020 – Aura Court, Manchester 12. Oct 2020 – Paragon, Brentford Nov 13. 2020 – Victory Complex, Oldham 14. Nov 2020 – Clarence House, London 15. Dec 2020 – Wicker Riverside, Sheffield 16. Jun 2021 – Riverside Place, Braintree 17. Oct 2021 – Clare House, Bow 18. Nov 2021 – Old School Court, Blackley 19. Feb 2022 – Cathedral Court, Derby 20. Apr 2022 – Glenalina Lodge, Belfast 21. Dec 2022 – Bracken House, Manchester 22. Jan 2023 – Trend House, Wakefield Feb 23. Feb 2023 – Bedford Road, London March 24. Mar 2023 – Cardinal Lofts, Ipswich 25. June 2023 – Rialto Building, Newcastle (partial) 26. June 2023 – Amleen House, Colchester 14 Nov 2023 – Barton House, Bristol (https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-bristol-city-council-meeting-8906918)

Further details see the following twitter thread: