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  • Homes England launch Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF)

    The Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF), managed and delivered by Homes England, provides government funding to install interim fire alarm systems in residential buildings.
    The Interim Measures Alarm Fund (IMAF) is designed to reduce the prolonged use of interim fire safety measures and encourage progress towards more permanent fire safety remediation. Read more and aply here.

    The fund aims to:

    • improve resident safety while remediation or long‑term mitigation work is undertaken, enabling residents to remain safely in their homes
    • reduce the risk of unnecessary decants, ensuring buildings remain occupied where safe and appropriate to do so
    • promote compliance with National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) guidance on simultaneous evacuation by supporting the replacement of waking watch with common fire alarm systems where feasible
    • protect leaseholders not covered by statutory protections from the cost of interim measures by funding the installation of common fire alarms

    The fund helps:

    • support leaseholders, by removing potential exposure to the high ongoing costs of waking watch arrangements, which previously required residents to cover substantial monthly charges
    • implement the installation of common fire alarm systems that meet BS 58391 Category L5 standards, providing a more effective and sustainable fire safety system than human fire wardens

  • Leaseholder Managed Buildings - Survey on experience of managing safety

    Are you a director or an active member of a Right to Manage Company, Resident Management Company or a collectively enfranchised building? Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) need to hear from you. 

    MHCLG know that being responsible for your building’s safety can be challenging. They are carrying out research to better understand your experiences of this role, the key challenges you face, and the support needed to help you to maintain the safety of your building.

    This is an opportunity to share your experiences and help ensure that any support is designed with your needs in mind. You can choose to take part anonymously or leave your personal contact details. If you leave your details, MHCLG may contact you for further discussion about your experience of managing your building.  

    A small number of survey respondents may be invited to take part in one-to-one interviews with researchers at MHCLG. 

    Please take part in this short survey before midnight on Monday 16th March. It will take no longer than 10-15 minutes to complete: Leaseholder Managed Building Experience Survey – Fill in form

  • MHCLG Launches new Building Safety Newsletter

    Residents, industry professionals and otherstakehlders can now stay informed about building safety developments, guidance, and updates by subscribing to MHCLG’s newsletter. Sign up by clicking here

    The first issue (January 2026)  can be found here

  • Guidance on Building Control Approval Applications for a New Higher-Risk Building

    The Construction Leadership Council (CLC), in collaboration with industry experts and the Building Safety Regulator, has released new guidance to support Building Control Approval Applications for new Higher-Risk Buildings (Gateway 2).

    This practical resource sets out the core principles for submitting and assessing applications — helping ensure the right information is provided at the right time.

    You can:

    • Read the CLC press release HERE
    • Access the full guidance HERE
    • Explore further resources on the CLC website HERE

     

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  • Remediation Acceleration Plan update and Remediation Bill Announced

    The Remediation Acceleration Plan (RAP), published on 2 December 2024, set out the government’s plans to accelerate the remediation of residential buildings with unsafe cladding in England and improve resident experience. As part of that plan, the government committed to publishing an update to report on progress and outline additional measures to support the delivery of its key objectives:

    An update published today (17 July 2025)  outlines the significant progress already made against these objectives and sets out a range of additional measures to fix buildings faster, identify those 11m+ buildings still at risk and ensure that residents are supported in the process. These measures will help to overcome the barriers to remediation so that residents feel safe and are safe in their homes.

    To fix buildings faster, this update outlines plans to:

    • Give social landlords equal access to government remediation funding as private landlords, supported by a new joint plan between government, social landlords and regulators to speed up remediation, cutting years off the time to make social tenants safe and improving resident experience before, during and after remedial works.
    • Bring forward a Remediation Bill to create a hard ‘endpoint’ for remediation. A Legal Duty to Remediate will compel landlords to remediate their buildings within fixed timescales or face criminal prosecution. Avoidance is not an option. Where landlords fail, new powers - including a Remediation Backstop - will ensure the work gets done. The Bill will be brought forward as soon as parliamentary time allows.
    • Tighten fire assessment standards to minimise delays to remediation start dates and provide certainty on the scope of works.
    • Support the delivery of Local Remediation Acceleration Plans (LRAPs) to enhance collaborative working and expertise at regional levels, further to the over £5 million in funding already provided to metro mayors.
    • Establish a National Remediation System (NRS) to serve as the single source of data for all relevant buildings over 11 metres to enhance information sharing across partner organisations.

    Read the full Policy Paper here 

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