Experts lead call for action on all flammable cladding

摘要

Anger is growing over the plight of residents in blocks of flats clad with non-ACM flammable material amid claims that up to half a million people could still be affected. Landlord and estate management groups said the government, which will only subsidise repairs of blocks clad in ACM panels such as those used on Grenfell Tower, had so far ignored the problem. The concerns were raised in the week that the government bowed to pressure from Labour and published the names of private landlords who have failed to put a plan in place to replace ACM panels. An analysis by the Association of Residential Managing Agents (ARMA) found that around half a million residents were living in nearly 1,400 tower blocks clad in non-ACM material, such as high pressure laminate, which has also been found to be flammable since the Grenfell fire.