The House of Lords is set to debate the Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill aimed at strengthening protections for leaseholders affected by historic building safety defects.

Introduced by Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Kathryn Pinnock, the Bill seeks to make further provision for the remediation of building safety defects in residential leasehold properties.

The proposed legislation would:

• extend protections for qualifying leaseholders against the costs associated with historic building safety failures;
• place enforceable duties on freeholders and building owners to begin and complete remediation works within prescribed timescales; and
• give leaseholders the right to seek mandatory remediation orders where those responsible fail to take action.

Ahead of the Bill’s Second Reading, Baroness Pinnock said:

“This is a question of justice. Innocent leaseholders must not be paying the price for serious building defects where they live. Some of these defects were the result of deliberate actions by those responsible during construction, as the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Panel concluded.”

The Bill forms part of the continuing debate around responsibility for building safety remediation and the protections available to leaseholders affected by historic defects.

Baroness Pinnock added: “If accepted by the Government, this Bill will take a giant step in fully protecting leaseholders and requiring those who created the building safety issues to be responsible for the cost of remediation.”

The Leaseholder Remediation (Building Safety) Bill can be read online.

A House of Lords Library research briefing on the Bill is also available to read online.

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