- New law gives leaseholders much more power
- "A complete shake-up in the way building safety is addressed"
Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire in which 72 people died. To commemorate the occasion, a church service was held at Westminster Abbey, a debate was held in Parliament and survivors and bereaved families silently marched the streets.
The same month also saw the Building Safety Act come into force and the timing of this was not lost on former levelling-up secretary Michael Gove. In an open letter to the property industry reminding it of its responsibilities under the act, he wrote: “We are now five years on from the Grenfell tragedy and we should all want to fix dangerous buildings as soon as possible”.