The Government has announced that social housing providers will now have equal access to building safety remediation funding, aligning them with private building owners. This change, confirmed in the June 2025 Spending Review, includes a £1 billion investment between 2026 and 2030. The move aims to accelerate safety improvements in social housing and ease financial pressures on landlords, who previously had to make difficult funding decisions. The change follows criticism after a London housing association had to sell homes to cover remediation costs, while private owners in the same building received full government support. The policy shift is expected to improve living conditions and support the delivery of more affordable homes. However, it remains unclear whether the funding will apply to buildings under 11 metres, a concern for many leaseholders facing unresolved safety issues and high costs due to the current case-by-case audit system.
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