Housing Secretary Angela Rayner announced proposals on 27 October 2026 to extend protection from serious building and fire-safety remediation bills to more leaseholders, according to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The measures were set out in Parliament during the second reading of the Remediation of Unsafe Cladding Bill.

The plans target groups described as falling through gaps in existing rules. These include people who buy a flat as their only home but miss out because of a previous owner's circumstances on 14 February 2022; leaseholders in collectively owned and enfranchised buildings, which have no separate freeholder and are not covered by the Building Safety Act's leaseholder protections; and owners of multiple properties with non-cladding defects, where the government plans to raise the property limit from three to six. New funding is also planned for internal high-risk, high-cost fire-safety defects.

Construction product manufacturers linked to historic unsafe cladding and insulation would be required to contribute more, with government gaining powers to recover contributions at scale. The Bill would place a legal duty on those responsible to fix unsafe buildings, with criminal penalties and fines of up to £500,000 for failures. Further eligibility and scheme details are to come as the Bill progresses.