Correspondence

Letter from the DLUHC Secretary of State to the residential property developer industry on a new approach to building safety

Letter from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Michael Gove to the residential property developer industry.

• From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and The Rt Hon Michael Gove
• Published: 10 January 2022

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Letter from the DLUHC Secretary of State to the residential property developer industry on a new approach to building safety

PDF, 172 KB, 2 pages

Details

In the letter, the Secretary of State asks companies to agree to:

• make financial contributions to a dedicated fund to cover the full outstanding cost to remediate unsafe cladding on 11-18 metre buildings, currently estimated to be £4 billion

• fund and undertake all necessary remediation of buildings over 11 metres that they have played a role in developing

• provide comprehensive information on all buildings over 11 metres which have historic safety defects and which they have played a part in constructing in the last 30 years

Published 10 January 2022