Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed…
Rejected
Our longstanding view is that leaseholders should not pay a penny to rectify faults not of their doing and to make their homes safe. The amendments tabled to the Building Safety Bill show that the Government does not share that view. The Government should scrap the cap on non-cladding costs …
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Our longstanding view is that leaseholders should not pay a penny to rectify faults not of their doing and to make their homes safe. The amendments tabled to the Building Safety Bill show that the Government does not share that view. The Government should scrap the cap on non-cladding costs for leaseholders.
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Government response AI summary
The government has rejected the recommendation to scrap the cap on non-cladding costs for leaseholders, citing existing protections for leaseholders.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed…
Rejected
Instead of its piecemeal method of funding remediation according to building height and type of defect, the Government should implement our previously recommended Comprehensive Building Safety Fund. The fund should cover the costs of remediating all building safety defects on buildings of any height where the original “polluter(s)” cannot be …
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Instead of its piecemeal method of funding remediation according to building height and type of defect, the Government should implement our previously recommended Comprehensive Building Safety Fund. The fund should cover the costs of remediating all building safety defects on buildings of any height where the original “polluter(s)” cannot be traced. Overseas owners of affected properties should not be eligible for any funds for remediation. (Paragraph 17) Data
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Government response AI summary
The government rejects the recommendation for a Comprehensive Building Safety Fund, stating it would drive unnecessary remediation works and negatively impact the housing market and does not agree that overseas building owners should not be eligible for remediation funding.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed…
Rejected
Governments share responsibility for the building safety crisis on account of their regulatory failings. Everyone involved would instantly have more funds to spend on remediation if the Government played its part by removing VAT on building safety activity, which would enable homes to be made safer. The Government should remove …
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Governments share responsibility for the building safety crisis on account of their regulatory failings. Everyone involved would instantly have more funds to spend on remediation if the Government played its part by removing VAT on building safety activity, which would enable homes to be made safer. The Government should remove VAT on building safety activity. (Paragraph 30) Building Safety: Remediation and Funding 33
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Government response AI summary
The government rejects the recommendation to remove VAT on building safety activity, stating that the supply of fire safety equipment is already eligible for VAT relief and that there is no guarantee savings would be passed on to leaseholders and that tax policy is a …
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed…
Rejected
As they stand, the Government’s proposals create a bizarre lucky dip in which some leaseholders may see their costs capped at £10,000 (£15,000 in London); some, because they have not yet paid for cladding remediation, may pay nothing at all; and others, who have already paid for cladding remediation, will …
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As they stand, the Government’s proposals create a bizarre lucky dip in which some leaseholders may see their costs capped at £10,000 (£15,000 in London); some, because they have not yet paid for cladding remediation, may pay nothing at all; and others, who have already paid for cladding remediation, will have paid well in excess of the proposed non-cladding cap. Leaseholders who have already paid for remediation and other interim measures to make their homes safe are no more responsible for the crisis than leaseholders who will now be protected in law from such costs. The Government should collect and publish data on the costs paid out by leaseholders since the Grenfell fire and the costs that leaseholders have not yet been billed for. It would have had to collect data on the amount paid out for its proposed cap on non-cladding costs, so the administrative burden is not a reason not to.
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Government response AI summary
The government states that this information has not been collected systematically and the department does not have plans to collect it from leaseholders.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation
Seventh Report - Building Safety: Remed…
Rejected
The evidence we received clearly indicates that it should be the regulator—and not building owners—who decides whether a building needs a fire risk assessment. As such, we recommend that the Building Safety Regulator decides whether a building needs a fire risk assessment; sets the standard that a building need to …
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The evidence we received clearly indicates that it should be the regulator—and not building owners—who decides whether a building needs a fire risk assessment. As such, we recommend that the Building Safety Regulator decides whether a building needs a fire risk assessment; sets the standard that a building need to meet; sets out the methodology for undertaking assessments; and provides a review process which enables consistency of decisions. (Paragraph 63) 36 Building Safety: Remediation and Funding
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Government response AI summary
The government rejects the recommendation, stating that the Responsible Person under the Fire Safety Order should determine the need and timing of fire risk assessments. The Building Safety Regulator will focus on higher-risk buildings and will assess safety risks including the spread of fire.
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government