Select committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Conclusion 8
Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up
Published 29 Apr 2021
Paragraph 28
Addressed to Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
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 responsible for fire safety defects, and no more able to pay, than leaseholders of buildings above 18m. The Government appears to be prioritising certainty for lenders above fairness for leaseholders. We are particularly worried by how little detail about the loan scheme has been established.
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, Seventh Report: Cladding Remediation—Follow-up (HC 1249), paragraph 28, 29 April 2021
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 17 May 2022 (deadline 29 June 2021).