 Persimmon PLC LSE:PSN said it agreed that flat owners should not have to pay to remove cladding from their properties. Shares across the housebuilding sector have been hit by the government announcement at the start of 2022 that developers should have to pay for the costs of remedial work We share the Secretary of States aspiration that leaseholders should not have to pay to remove cladding, the FTSE250 group said today. 