BBC Breakfast: It's destroyed my life: Uncapped costs to fix non-cladding safety defects (22/12/24)

Описание: "It's devastating... It's so unjust, I've done nothing wrong, and it's destroyed my life already".

Those were the words of Amanda Walker, who faced uncapped costs to remediate non-cladding defects in her block of flats. Psychiatrists were clear that the impact of the cladding scandal - and the fact that campaigning for justice had taken over her life - was the cause of her anxiety. A recent inquest recorded a verdict of death by misadventure.

BBC journalist, Phil Hendry, interviews her mother, Glenda Walker, who hopes that telling her story will help others who are trapped. The emotional and mental strain on people across the country is huge.

The government still has nothing to say in its recent plan about how it will protect hundreds of thousands of leaseholders from the costs of remediating non-cladding defects - including those who are deemed "non-qualifying" for any cap on these costs, like Amanda.

Amanda's parents still can't manage to sell the property - yet no proposals have been brought forward by the government to resolve the inability to sell for people who need to move on with their lives. They could remain trapped for years, or decades, until their buildings are fixed.

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Channel: BBC One
Programme: BBC Breakfast
Transmission date: 22/12/2024 07:23-07.33
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