Remediation of non-ACM buildings

In the March 2020 budget, the government announced that it will provide £1 billion in 2020 to 2021 to support the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding system on residential buildings 18 metres and over in both the private and social housing sectors.

On 26 May 2020 we published the registration prospectus. The registration process that opened following publication of the prospectus closed on 31 July 2020.

If you have already registered for the scheme Applications for funding can be submitted from 31 July 2020. If eligible, applicants will be given access to the relevant application portal following completion of technical due diligence at registration. This will be communicated to applicants by DLUHC’s delivery partners the Greater London Authority and Homes England.

If you are a leaseholder or resident of a building in the Building Safety Fund, please visit find support as a leaseholder or resident of a building in the Building Safety Fund (BSF) process

Fund application guidance

Guidance for private sector building owners whose leaseholders would otherwise incur the costs through service charge arrangements, and social sector housing providers who have demonstrated during the registration process that the costs of remediation are unaffordable or are a threat to financial viability.

This guidance will tell you more about the Building Safety Fund, how it will work and what applicants can expect during the application process.  

Building Safety Fund for remediation of non-ACM cladding systems (England only): Fund application guidance

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Applicants who signed a Grant Funding Agreement before 5 April 2022 should refer to earlier versions of the funding application guidance. You should check your funding agreement to understand the relevant version of the guidance.

• Annex A: Fund requirements (PDF, 273 KB, 2 pages) - the Building Safety Fund’s requirements for replacement cladding systems 
• Annex B: works contract requirements (PDF, 241 KB, 2 pages)
• Annex C: additional key information for responsible entity (PDF, 157 KB, 2 pages)
• Annex D: application questions / instructions (PDF, 459 KB, 11 pages)

Building Safety Fund: appeals form

This form is for registrants to the Building Safety Fund who wish to lodge an appeal following notification of the decision on their Building Safety Fund registration. Please note appeals can only be accepted from the registrant who has received the decision notification and no other party may appeal.

Building Safety Fund: appeals form

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Social sector grants (leaseholder costs) guidance

This guidance is specifically for social sector applicants (whose remediation costs are not deemed unaffordable or a threat to financial viability). The guidance provides further information about the process for Registered Providers of social housing to claim funding equivalent to the value of work which would otherwise be charged to leaseholders.

On 17 December the department announced the extension of the closing date for applications to the Building Safety Fund until 30 June 2021 with the start on site date moving to 30 September 2021.

Where grant claims that have already been submitted / will be submitted by 31 December 2020 and those projects remain on course to start on site by 31 March 2021, we will continue to assess claims against estimates before making a funding decision. Where the original deadline of 31 March 2021 to start on site cannot be met and you are working towards the new deadline of 30 September 2021 grant claims will only be approved once costs, informed by a completed tender process, have been submitted.

Building Safety Fund for remediation of non-ACM cladding systems (England only): social sector grants (leaseholder costs) guidance

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Applicants who signed a Grant Funding Agreement before 5 April 2022 should refer to earlier versions of the funding application guidance. You should check your funding agreement to understand the relevant version of the guidance.

Grant Claim Form for Registered Providers of Social Housing

Registered Providers of Social Housing wishing to claim grant funding should make a claim per building rather than bulk submissions per Local Authority or Private Registered Provider.

Please note this form was updated on 18 January 2021 to include some additional details on supporting documentation requirements.

Private sector applicants to the fund do not need to return this form.

Registered providers of social housing grant claim form

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Vendor form SAP7B

A completed SAP7B vendor form will be required from all private registered providers of social housing that would like access to the Fund. This will ensure that we are able to set you up as a vendor on our systems and make payments. The vendor form can be provided at any time, but please bear in mind it may take up to 6 weeks to verify your bank details and enable payment. 

Private sector applicants to the Fund do not need to return this form.

Vendor Form SAP7B

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Prospectus - outlining eligibility for the fund

Prospectus providing information on eligibility for the fund and how to register. The closing date for registrations was 31 July 2020.

Building Safety Fund: prospectus

PDF, 329 KB, 13 pages

Applicants who signed a Grant Funding Agreement before 5 April 2022 should refer to earlier versions of the funding application guidance. You should check your funding agreement to understand the relevant version of the guidance.

Prospectus annex A: technical annex

Prospectus annex A: technical information

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Applicants who signed a Grant Funding Agreement before 5 April 2022 should refer to earlier versions of the funding application guidance. You should check your funding agreement to understand the relevant version of the guidance.

Prospectus annex B: registration questions

Prospectus annex B: registration questions

PDF, 344 KB, 6 pages

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Building Safety Fund registrations (private sector and social sector)

Headlines

• The Building Safety Fund has received 2824 Private Sector Registrations of which 868884 registrations (943(963 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.
• 218 Social Sector Grant Claims have been reviewed of which 134142 have been approved.
• £1,234£1,258 million has been approved for the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding from the Building Safety Fund, of which £1,101£1,126 million is for private sector remediation and £133£132 million for social sector remediation.
• 254259 buildings have started remediation work, of which 30 have completed.

Total registrations

* There has been a decrease in registrations from last month due to reconciliation work, completed in April 2022.

** In April 2022 the methodology for estimating the number of buildings was revised to reflect the below methodology.

Note: Some registrations to the Building Safety Fund cover more than one building, for example where a registration was submitted for a residential development made up of a number of separate buildings. The table above shows the total number of registrations and an estimate of total number of buildings based on the information that has been made available by the responsible entity. These estimates can change in subsequent releases if we receive revised information from the responsible entity.

Private sector registration status

(1) Figures shown include appeals which have been submitted against ineligible registrations

* There has been a decrease in registrations from last month due to reconciliation work, completed in April 2022.

Note: All building numbers apart from those proceeding with an application for funding are estimates based on the information that has been made available by the responsible entity. These estimates can change in subsequent releases if we receive revised information from the responsible entity.

Estimate of homes and properties covered by private sector Building Safety Fund registrations proceeding with an application for funding = 84,60086,400 (2)

(2) Estimate is based on responses for the 868884 current Building Safety Fund private sector applications to a question on the number of units in the building asked as part of the registration process.

Social sector registration status

Estimate of homes and properties covered by social sector Building Safety Fund registrations proceeding with an application for funding = 5,4775,729 (3)

(3) Estimate is based on responses for the 134142 current Building Safety Fund social sector applications to a question on the number of units in the building asked as part of the registration process.

Private and social sector buildings with ACM and Non-ACM cladding

There are currently 68 private sector registrations for buildings with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems. Of these, 4956 registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the non-ACM and ACM cladding and 4339 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works.

There are currently 2120 social sector registrations for buildings with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems. Of these, 1716 registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the non-ACM and ACM cladding and 7 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works.

Building Safety Fund allocation (private sector and social sector)

Private sector funding allocation

(4) Allocations shown in the table for buildings with ACM and non-ACM cladding are just for the funding of non-ACM remediation by the Building Safety Fund. The funding of the remediation of the unsafe ACM cladding is through the Private Sector ACM Remediation Fund.

As at 31 March 2022, the total private sector funding allocation is £1,101£1,126 million.

As at 31 March 2022, the Building Safety Fund’s Private Sector expenditure stood at £311 million. Expenditure data is updated on a quarterly basis with the next update due in July 2022.

Social sector funding allocation

As at 31 March 2022, the total value of approved social sector grant claims is £133£132 million.

As at 31 March 2022 the total value of social sector grant claims expenditure stood at £60 million. Expenditure data is updated on a quarterly basis with the next update due in July 2022.2022

Total funding allocations

As at 31 March 2022, the total amount of funding allocated for the remediation of non-ACM cladding is £1,234£1,258 million (including social sector).

As at 31 March 2022, the Building Safety Fund’s total expenditure (including Social and Private Sector spend) was £371 million. Expenditure data is updated on a quarterly basis with the next update due in July 2022.

Remediation progress of buildings proceeding to application

* Completed refers to those buildings that applicants have confirmed practical completion has been reached on building contracts.

** Reduction in Social Sector Start on Site figure this month due to clarification of the start on site definition.

Further information on the location of private sector registrations is available below. We have not included private sector registration locations where there are fewer than 5 buildings in a local authority area to prevent the identification of specific buildings.

Building Safety Fund: private sector registration by local authority

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