However, Ruth Davison, chief executive of ISHA said: We are pursuing every possible avenue so we do not have to pass costs on to leaseholders. We believe that builders should pay, but [Belvedere Court] is past the point we can make a claim against them.
She said it is pushing hard for the government to commit more money to protect not-for-profit businesses such as ISHA and leaseholders who bought homes with all regulatory sign-offs in place .
The small housing association has six buildings over 18m and more than 30 between 11m and 18m, which means the cost of carrying out safety work will be significant.
AJ 40 under 40: Yẹmí Àlàdérun
14 December 2020 By Fran Williams, illustration by Simon Hayes
Following spells at Mae and Barbara Weiss, AJ 40 under 40 architect Yẹmí Aládérun is now major projects manager at Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association
Following her studies at Kingston University, where she completed Parts 1-3 plus an additional architecture masters in ‘Thinking Building’, Àlàdérun’s passion for good-quality social housing began at the start of her career working for Mae on projects including Hillington Square in King’s Lynn for Freebridge Community Housing.
She went on to spend more than six years working at Barbara Weiss Architects, where she eventually became an associate, gaining more experience on residential schemes.