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​‘Not many housebuilders have built much over 11m in height’, HBF tells MPs

By 2022-02-21T11:01:00

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Trade body believes only a “relatively small proportion” of homes requiring remediation through Gove’s cladding fund were built by UK housebuilders

The Home Builders Federation has said only a “relatively small” number of buildings needed remediating through Gove’s controversial £4bn cladding fund were built by housebuilders

The trade body, in a submission to a cross-party committee of MPs, said fresh data from its members suggests few of the mid-rise buildings needing work were built by housebuilders, with many of them instead built by overseas developers, investment vehicles, landowner interests or public bodies. It said it is concerned by the government’s “targeting” of UK-based housebuilders, when other parts of the industry have made “no discernible contribution”.

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