Date Published 10 February 2021
Housing Minister Robert Jenrick has today, 10 February, announced the UK Government's
further plans to remove unsafe cladding by investing an additional £3.5 billion.
Jenrick promises that the funding will ensure leaseholders in England in high-rise
buildings above 18 metres will bear no costs in order to make them safe.
Jenrick also said that the risk in lower and medium-rise blocks of flats with unsafe
cladding is a lot lower but costs can still be significant for leaseholders. To tackle this, he announced the UK Government will develop a long-term low-interest scheme to protect leaseholders for cladding remediation in buildings between four and six stories high. Leaseholders will not pay more than £50 a month towards the removal of unsafe cladding.