Supporting building and fire safety excellence in tall residential buildings in England
DLUHC has published a new portal where all building safety consultations and the Government's responses can be found. It will also publish all new and open consultations.
The Home Office has published the second of its Fire Safety Reform Team’s update.
This update covers the following issues:
Download the 2nd bimonthly update here.
If you would like to be added to the distribution list or if you have any general questions then please feel free to email firesafetyreform@homeoffice.gov.uk.
This guidance provides stakeholders with a plain-English explanation of the implications of the latest leaseholder protections amendments in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Introduction
1. Since the leaseholder protections came into force in the summer of 2022, DLUHC has engaged extensively with leaseholders, landlords and others affected, such as lenders and conveyancers, to monitor compliance with, and the operation of, the Building Safety Act (the Act) and the leaseholder protections.
2. The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections etc.) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/895) (referred to in this guidance as “the amending regulations”) make amendments to The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/711) and The Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2022 (SI 2022/859) to ensure they have effect in the way originally intended.
3. The amending regulations are an important step in improving the implementation of the leaseholder protections and provide further detail.
Click here to read the full guidance.
DLUHC has set up a Guidance Page which provides links to all the secondary legislation of the Building Safety Act, including commencement regulations, building control and higher-risk buildings regulations, leaseholder protections and the Responsible Actor's scheme.
This briefing, publsihed by the House of Commons Library, discusses fire safety requirements for houses and blocks of flats, the 'stay put' strategy and the government response to the Grenfell Tower fire.