Housing associations throw support behind Gove’s cladding plan despite housebuilder fears

By Carl Brown2022-02-23T07:00:00

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Builders have complained move is ‘disproportionate’

Housing association trade bodies have backed Michael Gove’s controversial plans to force housebuilders to pay into a fund for fire safety works.

Both the G15 – which represents large housing associations in London – and the National Housing Federation (NHF) welcomed proposed amendments to the Building Safety Bill last week that are designed to stop developers from operating if they don’t pay into the proposed £4bn fund.

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