They added the scheme will only make buildings "half safe" because it does not cover historic non-cladding fire safety issues, like internal defects and missing cavity barriers. The DLUCH said the scheme will give "tens of thousands of residents across England a pathway to a safe home".īut the End our Cladding Scandal (EOCS) campaign group said while welcome "there are still many hundreds of thousands of people trapped in the building safety scandal, including those in buildings under 11 metres in height". Housing developers have been told by Michael Gove to commit to repairing unsafe buildings or be banned from the market. The opening of the CSS means that costs of fixing dangerous cladding for all buildings in England over 11 metres will now be covered either by government funding or by companies who built them. Since the Grenfell Tower fire killed 72 people in 2017, the cladding scandal has trapped thousands of flat owners in unsafe and unsellable homes - with many facing huge repair bills to fix them. "I shouldn't be made to pay to make this building safe that I had absolutely no say in designing or signing off." "It just feels like your life isn't your own and you are just worried to spend any money. "I want children and I've thought about adoption in the past, but that's not something I feel like I can pursue because my future and my financial stability is so dependent on this situation. "I can't begin to quantify the impact it's had, it's exhausting," she said. Lisa said the problems have limited "every aspect of my life" and it feels like there's "no end in sight".
The long-running saga resulted in the sale of Lisa's flat collapsing and her mortgage payments rising by £450 a month - as she switched to a variable rate when she thought she would be moving. Image: Lisa Petty is facing a £21,000 bill to remove Grenfell-style cladding from her home
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