More people protected as government acts to make more homes safe
What was announced
Housing Secretary Angela Rayner has announced new proposals to help more leaseholders at risk of high bills to fix serious building and fire safety defects.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- More homeowners who have been facing significant bills to make their homes safe will be given better protection from those high costs, under new measures announced today (27 October 2026).
- Existing rules already protect many leaseholders from footing the bill for fixing historic building safety defects, but some people still fall through gaps in the system due to different forms of ownership not covered by the law, leaving them at risk of paying for problems they did not cause.
- The government will now go further to narrow these gaps and give more people financial support.
Figures in this announcement
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- “The Bill will speed up action by placing a legal duty on those responsible to fix unsafe buildings, with those failing to act facing criminal penalties and fines of up to £500,000.”
Who and where
People
- Angela Rayner (MP for Ashton-under-Lyne (Labour)) · more news
UK bodies of power
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (UK government department) · more news
Constituencies of the MPs named: Ashton Under Lyne.
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Freehold and leasehold property, Building regulation.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-people-protected-as-government-acts-to-make-more-homes-safe
- Published 2026-10-27 17:01:29 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-10-27 17:30:12 UTC from GOV.UK
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