Campaign group calls for statutory public inquiry into cladding failures

A campaign group has called for a statutory public inquiry into the cladding and building safety crisis.

claddingscandal.co.uk has written to the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, Housing Secretary Steve Reed and Building Safety Minister Samantha Dixon, calling on the government to take urgent action to hold those responsible to account and protect affected leaseholders.

The news comes as the cladding crisis continues to drag on eight years after the Grenfell Tower fire, which killed 72 people.

Systemic failures across government

claddingscandal.co.uk tells Property118: “Given the scale of the crisis, widespread public concern, and systemic failures across government, regulators, developers, the mortgage and insurance sectors, and the Financial Conduct Authority, we have formally requested that the government establish a Statutory Public Inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005.”

The campaign group says an inquiry is essential to determine how the cladding and building safety crisis was allowed to persist for nearly a decade and to identify failures in government oversight, regulation, and enforcement.

claddingscandal.co.uk adds that the inquiry should examine the conduct of developers, freeholders, and industry bodies such as the Financial Conduct Authority, and should “investigate the mortgage market’s inconsistent and damaging response.”

The group also says the inquiry should assess the financial and human impact on innocent leaseholders, establish financial compensation and redress for those affected, and recommend binding reforms to prevent a similar crisis from occurring.

The group says: “We will continue to fight for justice on this important matter.

“We ask for support in this important step to ensure thorough scrutiny of the issues and to hold those responsible to account.”

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Continue to face delays in cladding remediation

The news comes as numerous leaseholders continue to face delays in cladding remediation, with some not expected to be completed until 2029.

In a BBC report, owners of flats in the Vizion complex in Milton Keynes were told that work on their development is unlikely to be finished before that year.

Meanwhile, many leaseholders are facing high insurance costs while being unable to sell their properties in that development.