Three social housing high rises added to government ACM figures, nearly four years on from Grenfell

This 30cm tolerance was introduced to the ACM funding rules in summer last year and applies to the private sector fund and the £3.5bn Building Safety Fund.

It means that blocks from 17.7m upwards that are found to have ACM cladding systems are now eligible for funding as part of the scheme.

No explanation was provided for the third building added to this month’s statistics in the report, but MHCLG told Inside Housing it was recently identified by the building owner, which has not been named.

This block has also been approved for remediation funding.

One new private sector building has also been added to the statistics, taking the total to 216, though it is not clear what stage of remediation this block is at or whether it will receive government funding.

According to the monthly report, remediation has been commenced or completed on 98% (157) of the affected social sector high rises, with 149 of these having had their ACM removed but not yet replaced. That is an increase of two between February and March.

Cladding has been completely removed on 59% of the affected social sector buildings, up four from last month’s data.

Among private sector high rises, 87% (188) have either started or completed remediation, with 136 having had their ACM removed.

A spokesperson for MHCLG said: “Despite the ongoing backdrop of the global pandemic, 95% of buildings with unsafe ACM cladding identified in December 2019 have been fully remediated or have works on site.

“We continue to actively pursue building owners to encourage swift action, with this month’s figures showing a further 12 buildings have had their ACM cladding removed in the past month.”