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Cladding Remediation - Follow-up

Status: Closed Opened: 25 Feb 2021 Closed: 16 May 2022 14 recommendations 2 conclusions 1 report

Following the Secretary of State’s announcement on 10 February of additional funding for cladding remediation, the Committee will take evidence from MHCLG, the UK Cladding Action Group, LGA and others. We will look at how this support will be allocated, and the steps that will be taken to ensure that leaseholders and tenants are protected … Show more

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up HC 1249 29 Apr 2021 16 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items
8 Conclusion Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Fo… Not Addressed

It is disappointing that the Government’s proposed loan scheme, whereby leaseholders contribute up to £50...

It is disappointing that the Government’s proposed loan scheme, whereby leaseholders contribute up to £50 a month to pay for cladding remediation works on buildings between 11m and 18m high, does not satisfy the previously agreed principle that leaseholders should not pay. Leaseholders of buildings below 18m are no more … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government's response did not address the committee's concerns about the proposed loan scheme for 11-18m buildings or the principle of leaseholders not paying, instead responding to an unrelated recommendation about a comprehensive building safety fund.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
15 Recommendation Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Fo… Not Addressed

We are concerned that the exclusion of social landlords from the Building Safety Fund and...

We are concerned that the exclusion of social landlords from the Building Safety Fund and waking watch relief fund except in specific circumstances is having negative consequences for the wider social housing sector. While the £12 billion Affordable Homes Programme is welcome, any funds diverted from building new social homes … Read more

Government response AI summary
The government's response did not address the specific recommendations to ensure social housing providers have full access to the waking watch relief fund or to publish an impact assessment on the effects of fire safety remediation on social housing provision.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
8 Mar 2021 Richard Goodman · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, The Lord Greenhalgh · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government View ↗
1 Mar 2021 Dr Dean Buckner · Leasehold Knowledge Partnership, Dr Nigel Glen · Association of Residential Managing Agents, Dr Will Martin · UK Cladding Action Group, Kate Henderson · National Housing Federation, The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Local Government Association (LGA) View ↗

Who gave evidence

7 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Dr Dean Buckner · Trustee Leasehold Knowledge Partnership 1
Dr Nigel Glen · CEO Association of Residential Managing Agents 1
Dr Will Martin · Co-Founder UK Cladding Action Group 1
Kate Henderson · CEO National Housing Federation 1
Richard Goodman · Director General, Building Safety, Grenfell and N… Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities 1
The Lord Greenhalgh · Minister of State for Building Safety and Communi… Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 1
The Lord Porter of Spalding CBE · Fire and Building Safety Spokesman Local Government Association (LGA) 1

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
20 Apr 2021 — Association of Residential Managing Agents briefing notes on building insurance…
20 Apr 2021 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Building Safety, Fire and Communities to …
19 Mar 2021 To cttee Letter from Lord Porter, LGA Building Safety Spokesperson, to the Chair dated 5…