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in buildings that don't qualify for help and protection. they don't qualify for government support and funding. so there will still be, despite this announcement, people who will still live in unsafe buildings. although it is a huge step forward and it is some that we have welcomed for a long time, we have welcomed for a long time, we have known about the developer contracts, it has been a pledge until now, it sounds like it will be a binding contract about which will be great, but it remains to be seen whether this will be the getting of the end of the building safety crisis. ~ . , ~ ., crisis. what is it like living in a buildinu crisis. what is it like living in a building that is _ crisis. what is it like living in a building that is unsafe? - crisis. what is it like living in a building that is unsafe? for i crisis. what is it like living in a i building that is unsafe? for me, crisis. what is it like living in a - building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a — building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... _ building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... i _ building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... i have - building that is unsafe? for me, it has been a real... i have lived in l has been a real... i have lived in an unsafe home for three years now. 0k, an unsafe home for three years now. ok, i think we havejust lost an unsafe home for three years now. ok, i think we have just lost sophie there. we do seem to be having a few technical problems this evening.
affected by the fire are expecting action by the government. i really do hope that michael gove forces developers to sign this and this isn'tjust kind of empty words, as we've seen in the past. many building businesses already pay a cladding tax and want the government to do more to address the issue. the housing secretary has clearly said, he told the house of commons select committee last year, that the reason he's going after uk house—builders is because they're domiciled in the uk, they pay taxes here, and they're easier to engage with, as he put it then. we would argue, and we have argued for the past five years or longer, that product manufacturers also need to pay their fair share and help towards the remediation efforts. richard galpin, bbc news. i'm nowjoined by sophie bichener, who is part of the uk cladding action group and has been
by the cladding crisis say all they want is safe, mortgageable and sellable homes again. richard galpin, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to sophie bichener from the uk cladding action group. we would like to thank mr gove for acknowledging the part that the government have played in the grenfell tower fire and also the building safety crisis, which has impacted millions from the back of the fire that we saw five and a half years ago. leaseholders have been living in unsafe homes, similar to that of grenfell tower, for those five and a half years, and during that time, they have been paying for increased insurance premiums, fire patrol wardens and all kinds of other interim costs, so all we welcome the comments, and we do appreciate the government admitting their role in this crisis, we now need to see the action, to see these homes being made safe and to do it to ensure lease holders are no longer trapped in these unsafe homes. the levelling up secretary, michael gove, he did announce some action that was due to take