Building Safety Fund guidance for new applications from July 2022
Information on the Building Safety Fund (BSF).
Applies to England
Introduction
This page is for responsible entities who have applied to the Building Safety Fund (BSF) since it reopened in July 2022 or those are thinking of applying. If you applied to the Fund in 2020, refer to the guidance for applications made in 2020.
The BSF is part of the government’s wider building safety programme which aims to ensure that residents living in medium-rise (11m to 18m) and high-rise buildings (over 18m) are (and feel) safe in their homes, now and in the future. The BSF meets the cost of addressing life-safety fire risks associated with cladding in high-rise residential buildings where the building owner or developer can’t afford do so.
If you are a leaseholder or resident of a building in the BSF, read our page containing Leaseholder and resident information on the Building Safety Fund. We have also published general information on leaseholder protections.
How to apply to the Building Safety Fund
The BSF opened for new applications in July 2022 for eligible buildings without a funding solution in place.
Applicants must:
- read the eligibility guidance and ensure that their building meets the criteria,
- complete and submit the application form
Applications from high-rise residential buildings in a London borough should continue to be made to the Building Safety Fund. New applications for buildings outside London (and medium-rise buildings in London) should be made to the Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) delivered by Homes England.
From 8 April 2024, new applicants to either the BSF or CSS should make their applications through the Building Remediation Hub.
For buildings where cladding remediation works started between 11 March 2020 and 28 July 2022 and have not yet been completed, please continue to use this form.
How we use the information applicants provide
The information applicants provide, excluding personal data, may be shared. However, information that is protected by legislation or is confidential will not be shared.
DLUHC shares information with leaseholders and residents about who to contact to obtain information on BSF-funded remediation of their building. This helps ensure that those responsible for fixing buildings communicate regularly with all residents on the progress of their BSF application and works. This communications requirement is set out in BSF guidance for applicants and in the Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings.
In 2023, we published the company names of responsible entities, managing agents and developers (where they are taking responsibility for the remediation of buildings) for each building on the Leaseholder and Resident Service.
To facilitate mortgage lending, DLUHC shares basic address information (no personal data) about the following buildings with specific mortgage lenders:
- buildings where BSF funding has been approved: high-rise buildings with non-Aluminium Composite Material (non-ACM) cladding systems.
- buildings with other government funding in place to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems.
These mortgage lenders must commit to using this information in a controlled way and for the specific purpose of informing lending decisions on flats in buildings impacted by external wall system defects. This will help prospective buyers to access mortgage finance and leaseholders to sell and re-mortgage.
Your questions?
If you are responsible for the safety of a building and have an enquiry about the Building Safety Fund, please email: BSFEnquiries2022@levellingup.gov.uk.
Last updated 2 April 2024 + show all updates
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Guidance has been updated to reflect the Building Remediation Hub opening on 8 April 2024.
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Added a section on use of information provided in relation to applications to the Fund.
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First published.