Cladding Victim
@lostinsw19.bsky.social
Shared owner in a block with combustible cladding. Still waiting for a remediation plan. Unable to move on.
Here to #EndOurCladdingScandal
Here to #EndOurCladdingScandal
Pinned
Cladding Victim
@lostinsw19.bsky.social
· Nov 17
👀
"Please confirm if they can provide some punchy stats'
Social Housing Directorate official preparing Govt response to Select Committee
inquiry report.
#SocialHousing
#SharedOwnership #UKHousing
"Please confirm if they can provide some punchy stats'
Social Housing Directorate official preparing Govt response to Select Committee
inquiry report.
#SocialHousing
#SharedOwnership #UKHousing
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Are you a shared owner?
Join our network to receive email updates:
🖇️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel:
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Join our network to receive email updates:
🖇️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel:
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
January 23, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Are you a shared owner?
Join our network to receive email updates:
🖇️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel:
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Join our network to receive email updates:
🖇️ tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel:
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
❗️Our members regularly accept losses of more than 50% on what they paid for their flat — even after remediation has been completed.
“For the many tens of thousands still waiting for work, it is nigh on impossible to sell at all.”
www.ft.com/content/1d5d...
“For the many tens of thousands still waiting for work, it is nigh on impossible to sell at all.”
www.ft.com/content/1d5d...
Could the UK’s low house price growth be a good thing?
Agents are ‘gloomy’ about ‘downbeat’ figures from 2025. Projections for 2026 are ‘boring’. But there is some cause for optimism
www.ft.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 AM
❗️Our members regularly accept losses of more than 50% on what they paid for their flat — even after remediation has been completed.
“For the many tens of thousands still waiting for work, it is nigh on impossible to sell at all.”
www.ft.com/content/1d5d...
“For the many tens of thousands still waiting for work, it is nigh on impossible to sell at all.”
www.ft.com/content/1d5d...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Great question!
🔴 BUYBACKS
An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked.
Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners.
🖇️ Link in next post
An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked.
Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners.
🖇️ Link in next post
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Great question!
Reposted by Cladding Victim
A great question on shared ownership buybacks… and a Government response that completely sidesteps the issue.
#SharedOwnership
🖇️ Read it here:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
#SharedOwnership
🖇️ Read it here:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
January 23, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A great question on shared ownership buybacks… and a Government response that completely sidesteps the issue.
#SharedOwnership
🖇️ Read it here:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
#SharedOwnership
🖇️ Read it here:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
MHCLG staff: “This question is new…”
MHCLG manager: “Perfect. Let’s use the old answer anyway.”
MHCLG manager: “Perfect. Let’s use the old answer anyway.”
A great question on shared ownership buybacks… and a Government response that completely sidesteps the issue.
#SharedOwnership
🖇️ Read it here:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
#SharedOwnership
🖇️ Read it here:
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
January 23, 2026 at 6:04 PM
MHCLG staff: “This question is new…”
MHCLG manager: “Perfect. Let’s use the old answer anyway.”
MHCLG manager: “Perfect. Let’s use the old answer anyway.”
Reposted by Cladding Victim
🔴 BUYBACKS
An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked.
Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners.
🖇️ Link in next post
An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked.
Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners.
🖇️ Link in next post
January 23, 2026 at 4:23 PM
🔴 BUYBACKS
An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked.
Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners.
🖇️ Link in next post
An excellent question from @ruthcadbury.bsky.social
❌ Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social responds… but not to the question asked.
Instead, we get a copy-paste statement that will infuriate many shared owners.
🖇️ Link in next post
Reposted by Cladding Victim
I expected so much more of a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government. We’re still stuck in our unsellable, unmortgageable flat in Hackney with no end in sight. #claddingscandal
January 21, 2026 at 8:18 PM
I expected so much more of a @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government. We’re still stuck in our unsellable, unmortgageable flat in Hackney with no end in sight. #claddingscandal
Reposted by Cladding Victim
❌ Government isn’t monitoring how many shared owners can’t sell or remortgage due to the building safety crisis, points to a 3‑year-old “pledge” few lenders follow, and say they won’t “help” further.
@nonqualifyinglh.bsky.social
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
@nonqualifyinglh.bsky.social
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
January 21, 2026 at 6:56 PM
❌ Government isn’t monitoring how many shared owners can’t sell or remortgage due to the building safety crisis, points to a 3‑year-old “pledge” few lenders follow, and say they won’t “help” further.
@nonqualifyinglh.bsky.social
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
@nonqualifyinglh.bsky.social
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-ques...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
These are vital questions.
Every day, we receive new emails from shared owners whose lives have been torn apart by the building safety crisis.
🚫 The response from Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social is particularly shocking.
🖇️ Link in next post.
Every day, we receive new emails from shared owners whose lives have been torn apart by the building safety crisis.
🚫 The response from Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social is particularly shocking.
🖇️ Link in next post.
January 21, 2026 at 6:52 PM
These are vital questions.
Every day, we receive new emails from shared owners whose lives have been torn apart by the building safety crisis.
🚫 The response from Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social is particularly shocking.
🖇️ Link in next post.
Every day, we receive new emails from shared owners whose lives have been torn apart by the building safety crisis.
🚫 The response from Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social is particularly shocking.
🖇️ Link in next post.
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Are you a shared owner?
Join us to get our email updates. See link in bio.
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel.
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
#SharedOwnership
#UKhousing
Join us to get our email updates. See link in bio.
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel.
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
#SharedOwnership
#UKhousing
a hand holding a cell phone with a whatsapp icon on it
ALT: a hand holding a cell phone with a whatsapp icon on it
media.tenor.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Are you a shared owner?
Join us to get our email updates. See link in bio.
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel.
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
#SharedOwnership
#UKhousing
Join us to get our email updates. See link in bio.
🆕 You can also follow our WhatsApp channel.
🖇️ whatsapp.com/channel/0029...
#SharedOwnership
#UKhousing
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Will there be meaningful change on the key issues of non-cladding defects, non-qualifying leaseholders, extortionate buildings insurance or shared ownership buybacks in 2026?
We aren’t holding our breath.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
We aren’t holding our breath.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
January 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Will there be meaningful change on the key issues of non-cladding defects, non-qualifying leaseholders, extortionate buildings insurance or shared ownership buybacks in 2026?
We aren’t holding our breath.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
We aren’t holding our breath.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
Reposted by Cladding Victim
"After watching what unfolded after Grenfell, with young people caught in starter homes they can’t sell while facing huge bills, why would anyone in their right mind want to buy a flat in a block?"
✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/opinion/ghos...
✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/opinion/ghos...
Ghost flats are becoming Britain’s new housing crisis
Thousands of new flats are sitting empty and losing value – why do more luxury towers keep appearing?
inews.co.uk
January 1, 2026 at 1:55 PM
"After watching what unfolded after Grenfell, with young people caught in starter homes they can’t sell while facing huge bills, why would anyone in their right mind want to buy a flat in a block?"
✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/opinion/ghos...
✍️ @vickyspratt.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/opinion/ghos...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
🗨️ Baroness Thornhill:
"I was obviously aware of the issues around shared ownership, but what shocked me was the actual costs incurred and the amounts of money lost"
Why is shared ownership marketed as affordable housing? Where is the evidence?
"I was obviously aware of the issues around shared ownership, but what shocked me was the actual costs incurred and the amounts of money lost"
Why is shared ownership marketed as affordable housing? Where is the evidence?
November 10, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🗨️ Baroness Thornhill:
"I was obviously aware of the issues around shared ownership, but what shocked me was the actual costs incurred and the amounts of money lost"
Why is shared ownership marketed as affordable housing? Where is the evidence?
"I was obviously aware of the issues around shared ownership, but what shocked me was the actual costs incurred and the amounts of money lost"
Why is shared ownership marketed as affordable housing? Where is the evidence?
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Flat. Leasehold. Ex-council. Cheap. What could possibly go wrong? bit.ly/4qoBt7o I’ve seen cases where the actual upgrades and repairs are only done to the flats the council still owns but the leaseholders still have to pay their share for the scaffolding!
‘I love the flat I bought on TV. Why does the council want £36k?’
A leaseholder’s joy when Phil Spencer found her a home on Location, Location, Location turned to despair three years thanks to a bill for a new roof and windows
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Flat. Leasehold. Ex-council. Cheap. What could possibly go wrong? bit.ly/4qoBt7o I’ve seen cases where the actual upgrades and repairs are only done to the flats the council still owns but the leaseholders still have to pay their share for the scaffolding!
Reposted by Cladding Victim
❌ Serious fire risks assessed as being "tolerable", homes left half-safe at best.
❌ The Government deflects to industry, flats remain unsellable, leaseholders are still trapped.
The merry-go-round of buck-passing continues.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bbc.com/news/article...
❌ The Government deflects to industry, flats remain unsellable, leaseholders are still trapped.
The merry-go-round of buck-passing continues.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Major fires still a risk under 'spineless' new safety law, construction boss warns
David Jones believes it will permit too many risks, but the government calls it a proportionate approach.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
❌ Serious fire risks assessed as being "tolerable", homes left half-safe at best.
❌ The Government deflects to industry, flats remain unsellable, leaseholders are still trapped.
The merry-go-round of buck-passing continues.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bbc.com/news/article...
❌ The Government deflects to industry, flats remain unsellable, leaseholders are still trapped.
The merry-go-round of buck-passing continues.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks.
Are you a shared owner?
Join us ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
Are you a shared owner?
Join us ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
December 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📤 Our next email update will focus on subletting and buybacks.
Are you a shared owner?
Join us ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
Are you a shared owner?
Join us ⬇️
🔗 tinyurl.com/SharedOwnersNetwork
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Are underperformed heat networks poised to become the next cladding crisis for leaseholders?
New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay:
www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...
New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay:
www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...
The flat-owners facing £60k bills to upgrade communal boilers
Nearly a million leaseholders may be forced to pay thousands to improve heat networks, which are often unreliable and wasteful
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Are underperformed heat networks poised to become the next cladding crisis for leaseholders?
New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay:
www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...
New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay:
www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...
Imagine being stuck in the building safety crisis AND the heat network saga that's about to unfold.
Are underperformed heat networks poised to become the next cladding crisis for leaseholders?
New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay:
www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...
New govt rules will require upgrades to tens of thousands of systems... but residents will pay:
www.thetimes.com/article/d81f...
The flat-owners facing £60k bills to upgrade communal boilers
Nearly a million leaseholders may be forced to pay thousands to improve heat networks, which are often unreliable and wasteful
www.thetimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Imagine being stuck in the building safety crisis AND the heat network saga that's about to unfold.
Reposted by Cladding Victim
🗨️ “It’s really stressful, it’s really upsetting.
It’s now been six years and I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been told that it’s progressing or it’s moving along and still nothing’s happened."
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
It’s now been six years and I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been told that it’s progressing or it’s moving along and still nothing’s happened."
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Building Safety Regulator delays leaving leaseholders in stressed and in limbo
The Building Safety Regulator's issues have left leaseholders waiting nine months for works. It could also impact Labour's 1.5m-home target.
www.bigissue.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🗨️ “It’s really stressful, it’s really upsetting.
It’s now been six years and I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been told that it’s progressing or it’s moving along and still nothing’s happened."
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
It’s now been six years and I’ve lost track of how many times we’ve been told that it’s progressing or it’s moving along and still nothing’s happened."
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Despite strong rhetoric in opposition, Labour’s commitment to building safety is increasingly in doubt.
This drift typifies Labour’s approach so far: governing by targets rather than delivering the change voters expected.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
This drift typifies Labour’s approach so far: governing by targets rather than delivering the change voters expected.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Is Labour betraying cladding victims to meet its housing targets?
By prioritising building houses over building safety, the government is ignoring its own post-Grenfell promises — and putting lives at risk
www.thetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Despite strong rhetoric in opposition, Labour’s commitment to building safety is increasingly in doubt.
This drift typifies Labour’s approach so far: governing by targets rather than delivering the change voters expected.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
This drift typifies Labour’s approach so far: governing by targets rather than delivering the change voters expected.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
🆕 HoL Committee report on Building Safety Regulator
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
The Building Safety Regulator - Committees - UK Parliament
committees.parliament.uk
December 11, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🆕 HoL Committee report on Building Safety Regulator
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
Residents waiting for remediation are all too aware of how developers are weaponising Labour’s commitment to build 1.5m homes by creating a false dilemma between safety & meeting targets for newbuilds.
committees.parliament.uk/work/9196/th...
Reposted by Cladding Victim
1️⃣ year today since the "Remediation Acceleration Plan" announcement.
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
December 2, 2025 at 6:12 PM
1️⃣ year today since the "Remediation Acceleration Plan" announcement.
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
The only "change" leaseholders have seen is a new Housing Secretary and Minister for Building Safety.
MHCLG are still dragging their feet.
Labour are still far from keeping their manifesto promises.
#BuildingSafetyCrisis
Reposted by Cladding Victim
Today we met with Building Safety Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social
We requested:
👉 better information on gov.uk for shared owners impacted by the building safety crisis
👉 a rethink of the RICS valuation system for resales
👉 a buyback scheme for unsellable flats.
We requested:
👉 better information on gov.uk for shared owners impacted by the building safety crisis
👉 a rethink of the RICS valuation system for resales
👉 a buyback scheme for unsellable flats.
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Today we met with Building Safety Minister @samanthadixonmp.bsky.social
We requested:
👉 better information on gov.uk for shared owners impacted by the building safety crisis
👉 a rethink of the RICS valuation system for resales
👉 a buyback scheme for unsellable flats.
We requested:
👉 better information on gov.uk for shared owners impacted by the building safety crisis
👉 a rethink of the RICS valuation system for resales
👉 a buyback scheme for unsellable flats.
Reposted by Cladding Victim
🚫 Too many shared owners are trapped in homes they can no longer afford, with no viable exit route.
Grateful to Select Committee Chair Florence Eshalomi for asking Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP about the long-term affordability of shared ownership.
#UKhousing
#SharedOwnership
Grateful to Select Committee Chair Florence Eshalomi for asking Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP about the long-term affordability of shared ownership.
#UKhousing
#SharedOwnership
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🚫 Too many shared owners are trapped in homes they can no longer afford, with no viable exit route.
Grateful to Select Committee Chair Florence Eshalomi for asking Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP about the long-term affordability of shared ownership.
#UKhousing
#SharedOwnership
Grateful to Select Committee Chair Florence Eshalomi for asking Housing Secretary Steve Reed MP about the long-term affordability of shared ownership.
#UKhousing
#SharedOwnership
Reposted by Cladding Victim
It's... better than nothing, but the sense of complacency around the sector and at the Regulator about these pretty crappy satisfaction measures should be a cause for concern. The whole structure still excludes tenants in many of the places it was supposed to fix.
November 4, 2025 at 3:49 PM
It's... better than nothing, but the sense of complacency around the sector and at the Regulator about these pretty crappy satisfaction measures should be a cause for concern. The whole structure still excludes tenants in many of the places it was supposed to fix.