# UK orders housebuilders to come up with $5 billion plan to remove cladding
Published: 2022-01-10
Category: Business
Category URL: https://blockchaintribune.com/category/business/
Meta Title: UK Urges Housebuilders to Fund Cladding Removal Plan
Meta Description: Britain sets two-month deadline for fully-funded plan to address flammable cladding on residential housing after Grenfell Tower tragedy.
URL: https://blockchaintribune.com/uk-orders-housebuilders-to-come-up-with-5-billion-plan-to-remove-cladding/

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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain has given housebuilders around two months to come up with a fully-funded plan to remove dangerous [cladding](https://blockchaintribune.com/britain-proposes-insurance-shake-up-after-grenfell-tower-fire/) from residential housing, a project that could cost at least 4 billion pounds $5.4 [billion).](https://blockchaintribune.com/munich-re-q1-net-profit-up-68-in-line-with-preliminary-figures/)

A deadly 2017 blaze at Grenfell Tower in London, that killed more than 70 people, revealed the widespread use of flammable cladding on apartment blocks across the country, requiring expensive removal or round-the-clock fire watches.

Minister Michael Gove said in a statement on Monday that the industry had until early March to agree a plan to deal with [cladding](https://blockchaintribune.com/britain-proposes-insurance-shake-up-after-grenfell-tower-fire/) on buildings that are between 11 and 18 metres high.

($1 = 0.7359 pounds)

(Reporting by Kate Holton; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)


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