Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 5
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up
Published 29 Apr 2021
Paragraph 20
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Recommendation (the committee's words)
A building that is half-safe is a building that is unsafe. Leaseholders are no more responsible for non-cladding fire safety defects than they are for the presence of combustible cladding on their homes. The costs of non-cladding related remediation could be just as high as the costs of cladding remediation. Leaseholders should not be expected to pay for these any more than they should be expected to pay for cladding remediation. We call for a Comprehensive Building Safety Fund that: • applies to all high-risk buildings of any height, irrespective of tenure; • covers all fire safety defects, including combustible insulation; and • covers all associated costs.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up (HC 1249), paragraph 20, 29 April 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 17 May 2022 (deadline 29 June 2021).