to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. the fire safety issues were discovered months later. now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe. managing agents who act for the building s freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glenn represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents none of them have signed. we ve talked to freeholders, we ve talked to cladding action groups, and as far as i know, none of them have signed. it s a really difficult situation.
a chorus of concern about the government s building safety fund £5 billion has been set aside to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. fire safety issues were discovered months later. now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe. managing agents who act for the building s freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glenn represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents
now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 2a hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe. managing agents who act for the building s freeholders are refusing to sign contracts with the government to release the funding. nigel glen represents the agents. he says the contract, while paying for cladding problems, makes them liable for all other fire safety defects. we represent 325 managing agents none of them have signed. we ve talked to freeholders, we ve talked to cladding action groups, and as far as i know, none of them have signed. it s a really difficult situation. we re talking here of hundreds of blocks, potentially hundreds of thousands of people, and we just can t sign it, because by doing so, you take on the liability which would render
agents who administer most tower blocks with dangerous cladding have yet to sign any contracts with the government which would release funding. hundreds of thousands of people remain concerned they won t be able to get dangerous cladding removed from their homes. here s our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. unless that agreement is signed, we re stuck and we re trapped. making a very difficult situation for leaseholders far, far worse. a chorus of concern about the government s building safety fund £5 billion has been set aside to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. fire safety issues were discovered months later. now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 24 hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health w
with the government which would release funding. hundreds of thousands of people remain concerned they won t be able to get dangerous cladding removed from their homes. here s our consumer affairs correspondent sarah corker. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. unless that agreement is signed, we re stuck and we re trapped. making a very difficult situation for leaseholders far, far worse. a chorus of concern about the government s building safety fund £5 billion has been set aside to remove flammable cladding from buildings like this one in st albans. alison hills moved here in 2018. fire safety issues were discovered months later. now she s moved out. you re sat here in a flammable flat 24 hours a day, particularly during lockdown, knowing that your building could go up in flames any minute. i couldn t sleep, i couldn t eat, i couldn t concentrate. my mental health was in absolute bits. but alison s building, like hundreds of others, isn t being made safe.