High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

(asked on 5th January 2024) - View Source

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of building safety remediation costs on housing associations’ ability to deliver new social housing.


Answered by
Lee Rowley Portrait
Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
This question was answered on 15th January 2024

As set out previously, Government recognises that building safety remediation represents a significant cost for some housing associations. The Building Safety Act provided new measures to allow Registered Providers (RPs) to pursue those who were responsible for defective work.

The Government has committed £400 million to support RPs to remove and replace unsafe ACM cladding on buildings over 18 metres. RPs are also able to access the £4.5 billion Building Safety Fund (BSF) and the new Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) for remediating unsafe cladding on buildings over 11 metres in relation to costs that would otherwise have been attributable to their leaseholders.

RPs can apply for additional BSF or CSS funding where their financial viability is jeopardised. We also expect some RPs to benefit from the remediation pledges made by housebuilders.

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