More than 800 building safety remediations have now been completed
The housing minister has announced a further £6m will be given to council enforcement teams to help push forward building safety remediation across the country.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Lee Rowley detailed the progress that the government had made on forcing developers to remediate dangerous buildings and set out plans to continue this process.
According to the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities, more than 4,000 buildings across the country are now in remediation programmes, comapred with 1,600 last year.
The number of remediations completed has nearly doubled according to the department, from 461 last February to 863 today.
“Of course, whild many buildings are getting fixed or – better still – have completed remediation, there remains a reducing core of building owners who continue to hold up remediation,” said Rowley.
“This is unacceptable. The Government continues to do whatever is necessary to change that. All building owners must step up, do the right thing and fix their buildings without delay - or face the consequences for their inaction.”
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“Last week, I met with the new Building Safety Regulator and sector leaders to discuss how we can build a shared plan to increase the pace of remediation.”
As well as fresh funding for council enforcement teams, this plan includes the development of a new regulatory protocol for greater consistency and a new fund for legal support in complex cases.
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