A new pilot will ensure leaseholders and residents living in medium-rise buildings are protected against unsafe cladding and extortionate repair costs
The launch of the pilot comes ahead of a wider rollout for the biggest Building Safety scheme in operation next year.
The scheme will cover buildings between 11-18m tall where the developer cannot be traced or held responsible for remediation work and will be funded by the £3bn Building Safety Levy.
Buildings will be assessed through a fire risk assessment
60 buildings across England will be invited to apply for the pilot, which will be run by Homes England to ensure that building owners or freeholders get the help they need to assess and fix fire safety defects.
Buildings will be assessed through a fire risk assessment carried out in line with the British Standards Institute PAS 9980 standard.
Building owners are responsible for unsafe cladding repairs
Minister for local government and building safety Lee Rowley said: “This is an important step forward for leaseholders who have been trapped in unsafe, unsellable homes with unfair costly repair bills for far too long.
“Building owners have the responsibility to get essential cladding repairs done and this scheme will help ensure this happens.
“We are taking action to protect innocent leaseholders and ensure they are safe and secure in their homes. I will be monitoring progress very closely as we work towards the launch next year.”
