Building owners need to tell residents if homes have ACM cladding, McVey says

By Tom Lowe2020-02-04T06:00:00

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Housing minister keeps up pressure on owners to take responsibility for repairs

The government has said it is not its responsibility to tell residents living in buildings of less than 18m if their homes are wrapped in flammable cladding.

Housing minister Esther McVey said the onus instead was on building owners to keep their inhabitants informed over whether their blocks contained Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding or not.

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