In May 2017, Sophie Bichener did what many in their twenties are unable to do: buy a home. She paid around £230,000 (around $295,000 at the time) for her two-bedroom apartment in a high-rise building ...

The Building Safety Act was put in place following the Grenfell Tower tragedy and the discovery that many other high-rise residential buildings have serious fire-safety defects. Phil Westerman The ...

I remember the exact moment I found out about the Grenfell Tower tragedy. I was on holiday abroad and a TV in the bar caught our eye as we saw the images of the burning building. I remember feeling ...

The repercussions of the cladding scandal exposed by the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire continue to be felt in financial markets.

Following public consultation earlier this year, draft legislation for a new residential property developer tax has been published by HM Treasury. The aim is to help fund the growing costs of cladding ...

Trivess Moore has received funding from various organisations including the Australian Research Council, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, Victorian Government and various industry ...

The House of Lords has concluded its review of the Building Safety Bill. The final set of amendments will now be considered in the House of Commons before the bill is ready to receive royal assent.

A package of measures has today been announced by the Government in a bid to help flat-owners in England who've struggled to foot the bill to fix unsafe cladding on their high rise blocks in the wake ...

Urgent changes to cladding regulation have helped avoid an industry shutdown — but unit owners could still be up for the cost of reparation works, warns the construction industry peak body. Master ...

Cladding and cost-of-living crises collide Years of delay and disputes over who should cover the cost, combined with the sheer stress of living in unsafe buildings, have weighed heavily on residents.