BuildingRemediation Safetyof Fundnon-ACM guidance for applications made in 2020buildings

Introduction

TheIn the March 2020 budget, the government announced thethat Buildingit Safetywould Fundprovide (BSF)£1 inbillion Marchfrom 2020 to 2021 through a new Building Safety Fund. This would fund the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high-rise residential buildings (buildings18 metres and over 18in metres).both the private and social housing sectors.

ThisIn pageJuly is2022, onlythe forgovernment responsiblereopened entitiesthe –£4.5 billion Building Safety Fund, the individual/Department organisationsent a letter (PDF, 163 KB, 4 pages) to all responsible entities that applied for the safetyBuilding ofSafety aFund buildingin –June to July 2020. This provided information about the reopened BSF and what action they may need to take.

If fromyou Julyare 2022a 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.

Use of information provided in relation to applications to the Fund

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DLUHC shares information with leaseholders and high-riseresidents buildingsabout arewho (andto feel)contact safeto inobtain information on the remediation of their homes,building. nowThis andis into help ensure that those responsible for fixing buildings communicate regularly.

From 2023, we share:

• the future.organisation Thename BSFof meetsthe developer who has signed the costdeveloper remediation contract and committed to taking responsibility for the remediation of addressinglife-critical, life-safetyfire-safety firedefects riskson associatedbuildings withover cladding18 metres high in high-risethe residentialBSF.
• the buildingsorganisation name of the responsible entity and their official managing agent, where they have one, of the building ownerin orthe developerBSF. can’tHowever, affordwhere dothe so.

  Ifresponsible youentity areis a leaseholder‘natural person’ or resident‘sole trader’, we will only share the category of athat buildingperson, insuch the BSF,as read‘freeholder’, ourfor pagedata containingprotection Leaseholderreasons.

• high-rise buildings with non-Aluminium Composite Material (non-ACM) cladding systems, approved for funding in the Building Safety Fund.Fund, as well as
• buildings with funding in place to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems.

DLUHC will not share personal data with lenders or valuation firms. We haveintend to also published share information onfor leaseholderbuildings protections morein generally.other remediation schemes moving forward.

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This applicationinformation guidancewill only be shared with specific mortgage lenders and valuation firms that commit to using this information in a controlled way and for privatethe sectorspecific housingpurpose applicants

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Fund belowapplication guidance

Guidance is for the responsible entities of private sector buildings with residential buildingsleaseholders; and social sector housing providers who appliedhave todemonstrated, during the Buildingregistration Safetyprocess, Fundthat the (BSF)costs inof 2020.remediation Itare providesunaffordable or informationare a threat aboutto the BSF,financial includingviability.

This howguidance will tell you more about the Building Safety Fund, how it works andwill work and what youapplicants can expect during the application process.process.  

Building Safety Fund guidance for existing applications registered 2020 (

PDF, 690481 KB, 4134 pages)

Applicants who signed a Grant Funding Agreement before 28 July 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: technical information (PDF, 244 KB, 8 pages) - the Building Safety Fund’s requirements for removal and replacement of unsafe 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)

Guidance

Social sector housinggrants applicants(leaseholder costs) guidance

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This belowguidance Buildingis Safetyspecifically Fundfor social (BSF)sector applicants guidance provides(whose remediation costs are not deemed unaffordable or a threat to financial viability). The guidance provides further information about the applicationthe process process for registeredRegistered providersProviders of social housing.housing It allows them to claim funding,funding equivalent to the value of work which would otherwise be charged to leaseholders.

Building Safety Fund guidance for social sector buildings registered from 2020 (

PDF, 355 KB, 25 pages)

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HowBuilding weSafety useFund theregistrations information(private applicantssector provideand social sector)

Headlines

• The informationBuilding applicantsSafety provide,Fund excludinghas personalreceived data,2833 mayPrivate beSector shared.Registrations However,of informationwhich 734 registrations (785 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.

• A further 317 private sector registrations (381 buildings) have previously been proceeding with an application but have now withdrawn. The majority of these buildings have been transferred out of the funds to developers to progress remediation under the developer remediation contracts.*

• 222 Social Sector Grant Claims have been received of which 147 registrations (165 buildings) are proceeding with an application for funding.

• £1,981 million has been approved for the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding from the Building Safety Fund, of which £1,781 million is for private sector remediation and £199 million for social sector remediation.

• 416 buildings have started remediation work, of which 163 have completed works (including 46 that have also received building control sign off).

*The progress of remediation of all of these buildings is protectedbeing monitored by legislationthe ordepartment isvia confidentialdata willreturns notfrom developers. Information on the progress of these buildings, and others which are being remediated via developers, will be shared.available once the data has been collated and quality assured.

DLUHC sharespublishes 22 data tables to accompany this release, Building Safety Programme: Management information withtables.

Total leaseholdersregistrations

Note: Some registrations to obtainthe informationBuilding onSafety BSF-fundedFund remediationcover more than one building, for example where a registration was submitted for a residential development made up of theira building.number Thisof helpsseparate ensurebuildings. The table above shows the total number of registrations and an estimate of total number of buildings based on the information that thosehas been made available by the responsible forentity. fixingThese 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 an increase in the progressnumber of theirbuildings BSFwithdrawn applicationafter reaching eligibility due to the withdrawal of 276 buildings transferred out of the Building Safety Fund and works.to Thisthe communicationsresponsible requirementdeveloper. This number is setexpected to increase as more are confirmed and transferred out inof BSFthe guidancefund.

Note: All building numbers apart from those proceeding with an application for applicantsfunding andare 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 Coderesponsible entity.

(2) Estimate is based on responses for the Remediation734 current Building Safety Fund private sector applications to a question on the number of Residentialunits Buildings.in  the building asked as part of the registration process.

In*There 2023,has webeen publisheda decrease from last month due to the companyincrease namesin number of buildings withdrawn after reaching eligibility due to the withdrawal of buildings transferred out of the Building Safety Fund and to the responsible entities,developer.

Social managingsector agentsregistration status

Estimate of buildings)homes and properties covered by social sector Building Safety Fund registrations proceeding with an application for eachfunding building= 6,000 (3)

(3) Estimate is based on responses for the Leaseholder147 andcurrent ResidentBuilding Service.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

ToThere facilitateare mortgagecurrently lending,85 DLUHCprivate sharessector basicregistrations addressfor informationbuildings (nowith personalboth data)ACM aboutand non-ACM cladding systems. 70 of these registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the followingnon-ACM and ACM cladding and of these, 49 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works.

There are currently 17 social sector registrations for buildings with specificboth mortgageACM lenders:and non-ACM cladding systems. All 17 registrations have been assessed as eligible for funding for the non-ACM and ACM cladding and of these, 12 registrations have been awarded funding for costed works.

• buildings

  In wheretotal, there are 87 registrations (91 buildings) that have been assessed as eligible for funding from the BSF with both ACM and non-ACM cladding systems.

  Building Safety Fund allocation (private sector and social sector)

  Private sector funding hasallocation

  	No. beenof approved:buildings high-risewith Non-ACM cladding	Funding allocated for buildings with non-AluminiumNon-ACM Compositecladding	No. Materialof (non-ACM)buildings with Non-ACM and ACM cladding	Funding systems.allocated for buildings with Non-ACM and ACM cladding(4)
  Full Applications Approved	354	£1,435m	43	£108m
  Pre-Tender Support Allocations	564	£231m	18	£7m

  (4) Allocations shown in the table for buildings with otherACM governmentand Non-ACM cladding are just for the funding inof placenon-ACM toremediation removeby the Building Safety Fund. The funding of the remediation of the unsafe AluminiumACM Compositecladding Materialis (ACM)through the Private Sector ACM Remediation Fund.

  As of 31 July 2023, the total private sector funding allocation is £1,781 million

  As of 31 July 2023, the Building Safety Fund’s Private Sector expenditure stood at £967 million.

  Social sector funding allocation

  As of 31 July 2023, the total value of approved social sector grant claims is £199 million.

  As of 31 July 2023, the total value of social sector grant claims expenditure stood at £147 million.

  Total funding allocations

  	30 June 2023	31 July 2023	Monthly change
  Total value of approved social sector grant claims	£195m	£199m	£4m
  Total private sector funding allocation	£1,775m	£1,781m	£6m
  Total amount of funding allocated for the remediation of non-ACM cladding systems.(Social and Private Sector)	£1,970m	£1,981m*	£11m*

  These*Totals mortgagemay lendersnot mustsum commitdue to usingrounding.

  As thisof information31 inJuly a2023, controlledthe waytotal andamount of funding allocated for the specificremediation purposeof non ACM cladding is £1,981 million (including social sector).

  As of informing31 lendingJuly decisions2023, onthe flatsBuilding inSafety buildingsFund’s impactedtotal byexpenditure external(including wallSocial systemand defects.Private ThisSector willspend) helpwas prospective£1,114 buyersmillion.

  Remediation progress of buildings proceeding to accessapplication

  	Remediation mortgagestarted**	Remediation financecomplete: awaiting Building Control sign off	Remediation complete	Total started or completed
  Private Sector	166	90	21	277
  Social Sector*	66	10	18	94
  Private Sector ACM and leaseholdersNon-ACM tocladding	21	17	7	45
  Total	253	117	46	416

  *Including sellthose with ACM and re-mortgage.Non-ACM cladding

  Information**Remediation started does not include those buildings that have completed remediation work which means this number could reduce as more buildings complete than have started on howsite manythis month.

  Further information on the location of private andsector socialregistrations is available below. We have not included private sector registration locations where there are fewer than 5 buildings havein applieda Local Authority area to prevent the identification of specific buildings.

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  Enforcement

  The government supports local authorities and fire and rescue services in the use of their enforcement powers against buildings with unsafe cladding systemssystems.

  DLUHC canhas nowcollected bedata foundfrom local authorities on enforcement action taken against high-rise residential buildings with unsafe non-ACM cladding in their areas through the work of the Joint Inspection Team, our ongoing engagement, and an online portal. The enforcement figures represent high-rise buildings with non-ACM cladding both outside of and within the Building Safety Remediation.Fund. The data only reflects where formal action has been taken; it does not cover the range of informal interactions that local authorities have with those responsible for buildings to progress the pace of remediation.