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“It may take many months or years before a full and final resolution is found to the building safety crises, and in the meantime, us leaseholders are trapped in unsafe and unsellable homes, while paying sky high insurance premiums for a building we do not own. “Much of Mr Gove's proposed actions depend on responses from industry - the developers, manufacturers, insurers, building owners, as well as lenders and Royal institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). We have been made promises like these many times in the past, while the reality of what is offered in the end is bitterly disappointing, and falls far short of allowing leaseholders to sell or re-mortgage, and actually move on with their lives.
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“Again, we await further details of how this will be done. “He has also stated that statutory protection will be put in place to prevent leaseholders from shouldering the burden of the unaffordable repair costs. “We await the specific details of the new measures that he has suggested will cover the costs of the non-cladding fire safety defects, as his statement only relates to the removal of unsafe cladding. Ms Nazem, 49, a contract manager who lets out the property, said: “While I welcome Mr Gove's statement in the Commons, there are still many unanswered questions, and we remain in limbo. The building has no actual cladding defects – but has fire insulation problems which mean it fails new fire safety standards brought in since the Grenfell disaster in 2017.Įva Nazem, who says leaseholders are still "in limbo" following a Government cladding announcement (Image: Eva Nazem) The Government has also said it is lifting guidance which has resulted in many buildings now failing fire safety checks – resulting in leaseholders not being able to sell while facing crippling bills to fix and insure their properties.Įva Nazem - who owns a flat in Birmingham’s Postbox development, in Upper Marshall Street, city centre – says the new announcement leaves leaseholders uncertain where they stand.
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READ MORE: Birmingham cladding scandal victims' dismay as applications 'stuck at final hurdle' This bracket of building had not previously been covered by Government support – despite leaseholders facing similar crippling bills to those living in taller buildings as a result of new rules around fire safety. Housing secretary Michael Gove MP has written to developers asking them to cover the costs of cladding bills for buildings between 11 and 18 metres tall. A cladding victim in Birmingham has said leaseholders are still “in limbo” following a new announcement from the Government on the “nightmare” building safety scandal.