..ok it is a tasteless title.
Lots of leaseholders have gone bankrupt over this already.
Plus if you are a leaseholder in a building under 18 ft you get the privilege of being able to get a loan.
Extra GBP3.5bn promised to tackle unsafe cladding - BBC News
An extra £3.5bn has been promised by ministers to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings over 18m high in England "at no cost to residents".
Many thousands of flat-owners face huge bills for fire-safety improvements, brought in after 2017's Grenfell Tower fire when flames spread via combustible cladding, killing 72 people.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said it was the "largest ever government investment" in building safety.
Labour said it was "too late for many".
The £3.5bn comes on top of funding of £1.6bn that was announced for the removal of unsafe cladding last year.
Ministers have come under growing to increase the pot as leaseholders have been hit by building improvement costs and soaring insurance costs.
Some say they have effectively become trapped in their own homes - unable to sell until the work is carried out yet in danger of bankrupting themselves to meet the costs.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told the Commons leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18m, or with six storeys or more, would face no costs for cladding works.
He said the risk was "significantly lower" for lower-rise blocks of flats.
However, where cladding needed to be removed, Mr Jenrick announced a long-term scheme to protect leaseholders which would mean no leaseholder would pay more than £50 a month for the removal of unsafe cladding.
He also said a new levy would be placed on future developments.
It "cannot be right the costs fall solely on tax payers", he said, adding that the government would develop a levy targeted at developers seeking to build certain high-rise buildings in England.
He also said a new tax for the UK residential property sector would be introduced from 2022, raising money to help pay for the removal of cladding.
Mr Jenrick described the action as an "unprecedented intervention" without which building owners would simply pass on the costs of remediation work to leaseholders.
"That would risk punishing those who have worked hard, who have bought their own home, but through no fault of their own have found themselves caught in an absolutely invidious situation," he said.
'Financial ruin'
Conservative MP Stephen McPartland said Mr Jenrick's announcement did not go far enough and the issue was much bigger than the matter of cladding.
"The support he has offered does not help most people because people who've got excessive insurance premiums, fire safety defects - that's where the real costs are," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One.
"Leaseholders are the innocent parties in this. Many people were in primary school when these buildings were constructed and they're now being hit with bills that will be bankrupting them."
Labour's shadow housing secretary, Thangam Debbonaire, called the proposals "an injustice" that would "pile financial misery" on homeowners.
She said there were many questions left unanswered, including on "skyrocketing" insurance costs, homes potentially remaining "unsellable", and the amount leaseholders would be expected to pay.
The "arbitrary 18m height limit" could "mean the difference between a safe home and financial ruin", she said.
Labour wants an independent taskforce to be established to take the matter out of politicians' hands and ensure funds are distributed fairly.
Lots of leaseholders have gone bankrupt over this already.
Plus if you are a leaseholder in a building under 18 ft you get the privilege of being able to get a loan.
Extra GBP3.5bn promised to tackle unsafe cladding - BBC News
An extra £3.5bn has been promised by ministers to remove unsafe cladding from high-rise buildings over 18m high in England "at no cost to residents".
Many thousands of flat-owners face huge bills for fire-safety improvements, brought in after 2017's Grenfell Tower fire when flames spread via combustible cladding, killing 72 people.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick said it was the "largest ever government investment" in building safety.
Labour said it was "too late for many".
The £3.5bn comes on top of funding of £1.6bn that was announced for the removal of unsafe cladding last year.
Ministers have come under growing to increase the pot as leaseholders have been hit by building improvement costs and soaring insurance costs.
Some say they have effectively become trapped in their own homes - unable to sell until the work is carried out yet in danger of bankrupting themselves to meet the costs.
Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick told the Commons leaseholders in high-rise buildings above 18m, or with six storeys or more, would face no costs for cladding works.
He said the risk was "significantly lower" for lower-rise blocks of flats.
However, where cladding needed to be removed, Mr Jenrick announced a long-term scheme to protect leaseholders which would mean no leaseholder would pay more than £50 a month for the removal of unsafe cladding.
He also said a new levy would be placed on future developments.
It "cannot be right the costs fall solely on tax payers", he said, adding that the government would develop a levy targeted at developers seeking to build certain high-rise buildings in England.
He also said a new tax for the UK residential property sector would be introduced from 2022, raising money to help pay for the removal of cladding.
Mr Jenrick described the action as an "unprecedented intervention" without which building owners would simply pass on the costs of remediation work to leaseholders.
"That would risk punishing those who have worked hard, who have bought their own home, but through no fault of their own have found themselves caught in an absolutely invidious situation," he said.
'Financial ruin'
Conservative MP Stephen McPartland said Mr Jenrick's announcement did not go far enough and the issue was much bigger than the matter of cladding.
"The support he has offered does not help most people because people who've got excessive insurance premiums, fire safety defects - that's where the real costs are," he told BBC Radio 4's World at One.
"Leaseholders are the innocent parties in this. Many people were in primary school when these buildings were constructed and they're now being hit with bills that will be bankrupting them."
Labour's shadow housing secretary, Thangam Debbonaire, called the proposals "an injustice" that would "pile financial misery" on homeowners.
She said there were many questions left unanswered, including on "skyrocketing" insurance costs, homes potentially remaining "unsellable", and the amount leaseholders would be expected to pay.
The "arbitrary 18m height limit" could "mean the difference between a safe home and financial ruin", she said.
Labour wants an independent taskforce to be established to take the matter out of politicians' hands and ensure funds are distributed fairly.
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