Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to support leaseholders who are not entitled to support under the Building Safety Act 2022 and who cannot meet the costs of remedial fire safety works.

There is a range of support in place for those leaseholders who do not own a qualifying lease under the leaseholder protections set out in the Building Safety Act 2022. All leaseholders in buildings above 11 metres or five storeys are protected where the developer has signed our developer remediation contract or where the freeholder is, or is associated with, the developer.

In addition, remediation contribution orders provide all leaseholders, in relevant buildings, with a new route for recovering historical safety remediation costs.

Leaseholders wishing to understand more about the support available to them can seek free information from the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE), funded by the Department.