Investment announced to remove unsafe cladding.

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.