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:
One of the consequences of not addressing #BuildingSafetyCrisis issues in a block is a forced closure of a building by Fire Service or Local Authority. This thread shows some post #Grenfell prohibitions.
@team_greenhalgh we need to get funding and a plan in place to avoid more
— Building Safety Register (@BldgSafetyReg)
April 10, 2021
Original author: Admin1