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Fixing cladding and safety defects: buildings at least 11 metres or 5 storeys (England)

Government funding for unsafe cladding

In this guide

Cladding Safety Scheme

The Cladding Safety Scheme covers work directly related to cladding and can include the removal or replacement of cladding.

Typically, it does not cover the costs of non-cladding defects or relevant safety measures.

Eligibility

Your building may be eligible if:

  • your building is in England and at least 11 metres, or at least 5 storeys
  • your developer has not signed the government’s developer remediation contract
  • the developer cannot be identified, traced or held responsible for the cladding defect

How to apply

Leaseholders and residents cannot apply.

Only the person or organisation legally responsible for the repair and maintenance of the building’s external walls can apply. They are known as the “responsible entity” and this is usually the:

  • freeholder
  • head leaseholder
  • right to manage company
  • residents’ management company
  • registered housing provider (usually a housing association or council)

Applications must prove that the building is eligible for remediation works through a Fire Risk Assessment of External Walls (FRAEW) completed to PAS 9980:2022 standards using a trained professional from Homes England’s accredited panel. This can take time to arrange and delays are common.

Once funding is granted, applicants must give regular updates to Homes England to show that the work has been done to the required standards.

Find out more: how the Cladding Safety Scheme works and how to apply (GOV.UK)

Building Safety Fund for buildings at least 18 metres high

The Building Safety Fund (BSF) closed to new applications on 1 September 2025. All new applications should now go through the Cladding Safety Scheme.

The fund was for buildings at least 18 metres high in England with unsafe cladding.

Find out more: how the Building Safety Fund works and what’s happening to applications (GOV.UK)

Last updated:
29 April 2026
Next review:
29 April 2028

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