{"id":88853,"date":"2021-02-10T14:55:32","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=88853"},"modified":"2021-02-10T14:55:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T14:55:32","slug":"replace-unsafe-cladding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/replace-unsafe-cladding\/88853\/","title":{"rendered":"Government pledges extra \u00a33.5bn to end unsafe cladding crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, as housing secretary Robert Jenrick unveils a 5-point plan<\/h2>\n<p>With a \u00a35bn investment in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/building-safety-bill-3\/83806\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">building safety<\/a>, the Jenrick confirmed to the House of Commons that the government will fully fund the cost of replacing unsafe cladding for all leaseholders in residential buildings 18 metres (6-storeys) and over in England.<\/p>\n<h3>Five-point plan to bring an end to unsafe cladding<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Government will pay for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/acm-cladding-remediation\/87846\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">removal of unsafe cladding<\/a> for leaseholders in all residential buildings 18 metres (6 storeys) and over in England<\/li>\n<li>Generous finance scheme to provide reassurance for leaseholders in buildings between 11 and 18 metres (4 to 6 storeys), ensuring they never pay more than \u00a350 a month for cladding removal<\/li>\n<li>An industry levy and tax to ensure developers play their part<\/li>\n<li>A world-class new safety regime to ensure a tragedy like Grenfell never happens again<\/li>\n<li>Providing confidence to this part of the housing market including lenders and surveyors.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Under the scheme, no leaseholder will ever pay more than \u00a350 a month towards the removal of unsafe cladding. This will provide reassurance and security to leaseholders, and mortgage providers can be confident that where cladding removal is needed, properties will be worth lending against.<\/p>\n<p>The government is working with industry to reduce the need for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/ews1-certification\/86528\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EWS1 forms<\/a>, preventing leaseholders from facing delays and allowing hundreds of thousands of homes to be sold, bought, or re-mortgaged once again.<\/p>\n<p>The housing secretary announced plans to introduce a \u2018Gateway 2\u2019 developer levy. The proposed levy will be targeted and apply when developers seek permission to develop certain high-rise buildings in England.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, a new tax will be introduced for the UK residential property development sector. This will raise at least \u00a32bn over a decade to help pay for cladding remediation costs.<\/p>\n<p>The government will protect future generations from similar mistakes by bringing forward legislation this year to tighten the regulation of building safety and to review the construction products regime to prevent malpractice arising again.<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018Providing certainty to residents and lenders\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Housing secretary Robert Jenrick, said: \u201cThis is a comprehensive plan to remove unsafe cladding, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/leaseholders-unsafe-cladding\/72253\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">support leaseholders<\/a>, restore confidence to this part of the housing market and ensure this situation never arises again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur unprecedented intervention means the hundreds of thousands of leaseholders who live in higher-rise buildings will now pay nothing towards the cost of removing unsafe cladding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemedying the failures of building safety cannot just be a responsibility for taxpayers. That is why we will also be introducing a levy and tax on developers to contribute to righting the wrongs of the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese measures will provide certainty to residents and lenders, boosting the housing market, reinstating the value of properties and getting buying and selling homes back on track. We are working with lenders and surveyors to make this happen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur landmark intervention will make homes safer and free those who did the right thing \u2013 saving for years to get on the property ladder \u2013 to enjoy the homes in which they have invested so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The government will work closely with industry to design an appropriate scheme.<\/p>\n<p>Further details on the scheme, including eligibility and the claims process, will be provided in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Funding \u2018unlikely to meet the cost of remediating all buildings\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>Katherine Metcalfe, legal director at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinsentmasons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pinsent Masons<\/a>, said: \u201cThe government has been under considerable pressure to alleviate the burden on homeowners but the \u00a33.5bn of funding announced today is unlikely to be sufficient to meet the cost of remediating all buildings with unsafe cladding.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee has estimated the cost to be almost \u00a315bn. The devil will be in the detail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/building-safety-fund\/76682\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building Safety Fund<\/a> application process is complex, costly and time consuming and presents real hurdles for building owners who urgently want to improve safety for residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new tax on developers may discourage investment in new schemes, and result in higher rents or prices for homes within them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClarification on when and where EWS1 forms are needed will be extremely welcome by homeowners, developers and lenders alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, as housing secretary Robert Jenrick unveils a 5-point plan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[306],"tags":[429,897,924,997,110,276,795,861,753],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-88853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-building-control-news","7":"tag-building-control","8":"tag-cladding","9":"tag-combustible-materials","10":"tag-development","11":"tag-fire-safety-management","12":"tag-government","13":"tag-grenfell-tower","14":"tag-rental-sector","15":"tag-safety"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government pledges extra \u00a33.5bn to end unsafe cladding crisis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, as Robert Jenrick unveils a 5-point plan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/replace-unsafe-cladding\/88853\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Government pledges extra \u00a33.5bn to end unsafe cladding crisis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hundreds of thousands of leaseholders will be protected from the cost of replacing unsafe cladding on their homes, as housing secretary Robert Jenrick unveils a 5-point plan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/building-control-news\/replace-unsafe-cladding\/88853\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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