Higher than expected costs to remove cladding from Taylor Wimpey's buildings in response to the Grenfell fire tragedy have wiped out its profits, the housebuilder has said. The company made a loss in ...

Australian building owners face a bill that could run into billions of dollars to replace combustible cladding of the sort that fuelled the Greenfell tower fire in the UK, which killed 72 people, as ...

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 ...

Australia has more than 3,400 buildings with flammable cladding. In Victoria alone, at least 71 of these buildings have been classified as “extreme risk” and another 368 as “high risk”. Despite the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.