‘The responsibility extends before the Conservatives came into government in 2010 and I’m not about attributing blame to individuals. He told Sky News: ‘If you look at what happened at Grenfell there were lots of factors, but yes – government collectively has to take some responsibility. Mr Gove said responsibility for the Grenfell tragedy was ‘collective’ and extended to those in power ‘before the Conservatives came into government’. Today he will announce that developers will have a six-week deadline to sign a contract committing them to fixing unsafe tower blocks, or else be banned from building new homes. In an admission never previously made by a minister, Mr Gove told the Sunday Times that the Grenfell tragedy had occurred because government ‘guidance was so faulty and ambiguous that it allowed unscrupulous people to exploit a broken system’. It is an outdated feudal system that needs to go.’ ‘It’s not easy in legal terms because you’ve got a tangle of deals going back hundreds of years – unstitching all of that is difficult – but the fundamental thing is that leasehold is an unfair form of property ownership. ‘We want to introduce legislation in the final parliamentary sessions of this calendar year to change the leasehold system. ‘The people responsible for erecting buildings which we now know are unsafe have to pay the costs of making sure those buildings are safe,’ he said. The Levelling Up Secretary, who yesterday admitted that ‘faulty’ government guidance was partly to blame for the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, vowed that under his plans leaseholders will no longer have to pay for costly repairs such as fixing unsafe cladding, with the burden shifted to landlords. ‘You shouldn’t be on the hook for charges that managing agents and other people can land you with which are gouging.’ ‘In crude terms, if you buy a flat that should be yours,’ Mr Gove said. Michael Gove has committed to abolishing the ‘outdated, feudal’ leasehold system of ownership for almost five million homes by the next general election. This comes as the minister admitted 'faulty' govt guidance over Grenfell disaster. He vowed that leaseholders will no longer have to pay to for costly repairs.
'In crude terms, if you buy a flat that should be yours'. Misery of leaseholds is set to end for millions of homeowners as Michael Gove says outdated and feudal system will go. FINANCIAL UPDATE: Daily Mail: 30 January 2023
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