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Building Safety Fund

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The Building Safety Fund ("BSF") provides funding to fix life safety risks associated with cladding in buildings over 18 metres in height

 

A Guide has now been published by the Government, for residents, explaining the process

 

The Guide can be found via this link:-

 

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Developers Remediation Contract

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The Government has issued an updated Factsheet for residents in respect of the Developers Remediation Contract providing a summary of key information about the contract for residents living in buildings where developers have pledged to remediate historic fire safety defects.

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The Factsheet can be found via this link:-

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The Factsheet states that if you do not get a response from either your building owner or the developer, or if your questions have not been sufficiently addressed, you can contact the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ("DLUHC") so that they can raise this with the developer on your behalf. To do this you need to provide DLUHC with the name and address of your building, details of the attempts you have made to contact the developer, including the contact details that you used, and a short summary of your concerns.

 

You can send this/contact DLUHC via this email address:

 

 building.safety@levellingup.gov.uk.

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Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

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During the Committee Stage of this Bill in the House of Commons amendments were put forward to include the following

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• Giving the Secretary of State the power to bring “non qualifying” Leaseholders within the scope of the protections of the Building Safety Act 2022

• Giving the Secretary of State the power to bring buildings which are under 11 metres in height or have fewer than four storeys within the scope of the protections of the Building Safety Act 2022

 

 

It remains to be seen whether whether these will be accepted by the Government as the Bill makes its way through Parliament

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