of the contract is fundamentally flawed and allows cladding removal without leaving them or leaseholders liable for other fire safety costs. it insists despite the disagreement, the building safety fund is working. so far, of the 786 privately owned tower blocks deemed eligible for the fund, just under half, 366, have been approved for either financial help with their tender orfull funding, with £160 million committed. but with contracts not getting signed, how much of that money is actually being spent? leaseholders like stephen in manchester say they ve been waiting long enough. you think you might be able to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel, and then now, unfortunately, they won t sign the agreement, so it s like it doesn t matter how much money the government make available for us, unless that agreement is signed, we re stuck and we re trapped. the longer this dispute between the 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
finds himself as opposition leader, that would be something he could exploit. that would be something he could exloit. . ~ that would be something he could exloit. ., ~ i. the government will miss its deadline for completing applications for £5 billion worth of funding, to remove flammable cladding from tower blocks in the wake of the grenfell tower tragedy. the bbc understands that managing agents who administer most of the properties 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 clean up their homes. here s our business 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 claddin