Guidance
Remediation of non-ACM buildings
Information relating to the Building Safety Fund for the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems.
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 and announced that application guidance for the Building Safety fund would be published at the end of July 2020. The registration process that opened following publication of the prospectus will close at 23:59 on 31 July.
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 MHCLG’s delivery partners the Greater London Authority and Homes England.
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.
- - the Building Safety Fund’s requirements for replacement cladding systems
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.
State Aid Guidance and Declaration
Guidance and declaration form to ensure that payments from the fund comply with state aid regulations. Payments in respect of each leaseholder from the fund will need to comply with state aid regulations.
- - This guidance explains what should be done by responsible entities at each stage of the application process.
- - Each owner of a flat which is an Undertaking must sign and complete a state aid declaration - this guidance supports leaseholders in completing their declaration.
- - Each owner of a flat which is an Undertaking must sign and complete a state aid declaration. The form must be returned to the responsible entity of the leaseholder’s building. The responsible entity is the organisation which has made the application for funding.
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.
Private sector applicants to the fund do not need to return this form.
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.
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.
Leaseholder feedback form
The Building Safety Fund will ensure that leaseholders are protected from the costs of remediating unsafe cladding where building owners, freeholders or managing agents responsible for the safety of a building are not meeting such costs themselves, or from other sources such as warranty claims, and are applying to the fund.
Applications to the fund should come from building owners, freeholders or a managing agent responsible for the upkeep of a block of flats. While leaseholders are not able to apply individually for the fund, we are providing a feedback form to enable them to let us know the details of their building if they are concerned the owner of their building is not taking sufficient action to remediate unsafe cladding, or is passing remediation costs onto leaseholders.
Prospectus annex A: technical annex
Prospectus annex B: registration questions
Other relevant information for building owners including expert panel advice
Information for building owners on the Building Safety Fund and the remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems on high rise residential buildings – includes expert panel consolidated building safety advice.
Published 11 March 2020
Last updated 31 July 2020 + show all updates
Last updated 31 July 2020 + show all updates
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Added Fund application guidance, and supporting documents including Social sector grants (leaseholder costs) guidance, State Aid Guidance and Declaration, Grant Claim Form for Registered Providers of Social Housing, and Vendor form SAP7B.
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Added link for registering interest in the fund. Added link for the leaseholder feedback form.
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Added information on registering for the Building Safety Fund for remediation of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems, in advance of the full application process opening by the end of July 2020.
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Added link to stakeholder update on Non-ACM remediation and the Building Safety Fund.
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First published.