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THE Scottish government is trying to speed up the remediation process for buildings affected by unsafe cladding, a minister has said.
Housing minister Paul McLennan admitted today it is taking “too long” for many homeowners to have their properties assessed.
The Grenfell tower fire of 2017 led to a number of fire safety changes, including a ban on combustible cladding for high-rise buildings.
Work is underway in Scotland to identify which buildings have unsafe cladding and how it can be removed.
It emerged on Monday that an in-principle agreement had been reached with developers which could lead to them covering the costs for removing unsafe cladding installed when the properties were built.
Mr McLennan spoke at Holyrood’s housing committee on Tuesday, where he updated MSPs on a pilot programme to identify buildings at risk.
He said: “I appreciate that for many homeowners this process has taken too long.”
This programme looked at 105 buildings around Scotland, he said, with assessments under way in 27 of these.
