Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL]

This bill stops leaseholders paying for fixing building safety problems like unsafe cladding or faulty fire systems. Instead, developers and building owners who caused the defects must pay to fix them.

A Bill to make provision for the remediation of building safety defects in residential leasehold properties; to extend protections for qualifying leaseholders from the costs of historical building safety failures; to place enforceable duties on freeholders and building owners to initiate and complete remediation works within prescribed timeframes; to provide leaseholders with rights to seek mandatory remediation orders where responsible parties fail to act; and for connected purposes.

Status: In Progress

Current House: Lords

Stage: 2nd reading

Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill [HL]

This bill stops leaseholders paying for fixing building safety problems like unsafe cladding or faulty fire systems. Instead, developers and building owners who caused the defects must pay to fix them.

A Bill to make provision for the remediation of building safety defects in residential leasehold properties; to extend protections for qualifying leaseholders from the costs of historical building safety failures; to place enforceable duties on freeholders and building owners to initiate and complete remediation works within prescribed timeframes; to provide leaseholders with rights to seek mandatory remediation orders where responsible parties fail to act; and for connected purposes.

Status: In Progress

Current House: Lords

Stage: 2nd reading