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To: The Rt Hon Christopher Pincher MP, Minister of State for Housing
A Fair Outcome for ALL Leaseholders
ALL leaseholders who have been placed in financial difficulty because of deficiencies with the cladding and/or insulation used in the buildings they occupy should be treated the same regardless of the height of the building they live in or how many storeys it has. The people in the apartments in the photo have worthless properties and will have to cover all the refurbishment costs themselves.
Why is this important?
Leaseholders in buildings over 18 meters high or that have more than six floors will have the remedial costs paid, but the many thousands of leaseholders in apartment blocks with fewer floors or that are less than 18 meters high will have to cover the costs themselves. The changes in the law regarding the specification, testing and suitability for purpose of cladding and insulation materials was long overdue, but it was never the fault of any leaseholder that developers were allowed to rely on inadequate tests to validate unfit materials, and it was never the fault of any leaseholder that the new laws governing the selection of materials were to be applied retrospectively. The new laws apply to ALL apartment blocks, NOT just those with more than six floors or that are more than 18 meters high, so it is is perverse and grossly unfair that the financial support does not apply to all affected leaseholders. I appreciate there is an argument held by some that taxpayer's money should not be used for this purpose in any case. Even so, whatever the rights and wrongs are with that particular point of view, the treating of leaseholders differently depending on the height of the building they live in is arbitrary. It goes against natural justice and cannot be justified by rational argument.
