New ministry release shows that there are 123,000 dwellings in buildings that have not yet started to remediate unsafe cladding.
There are an estimated 123,000 dwellings in buildings that have not started remediation of unsafe cladding, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
The figures show that the remediation of buildings with unsafe cladding in England is progressing, albeit slowly, and local authorities are increasingly issuing enforcement notices to expedite the process.
Since March 2024, 491 more buildings are known to have started or completed remediation, and 661 more buildings are known to have completed remediation.
As of March 2025, MHCLG is monitoring 5,031 residential buildings over 11 metres in height with unsafe cladding:
- 1,637 buildings (33%) have completed remediation, including those awaiting building control sign-off.
- 822 buildings (16%) have started remediation.
- 2,572 buildings (51%) have not yet commenced remediation.
Acceleration plan
In December 2024 the government introduced the Remediation Acceleration Plan, aiming for all buildings over 11 metres with unsafe cladding to be remediated or have a scheduled completion date by the end of 2029.
Failure to comply may result in severe penalties for landlords. However a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report in March 2025 criticised the plan, saying it “lacks ambition”.
The department says that there are an estimated 269,000 dwellings in the occupied private and social sector in residential buildings over 11 metres with unsafe cladding that the department is monitoring.
Of these an estimated 99,000 dwellings are in buildings that have completed remediation, and an estimated 48,000 additional dwellings are in buildings that have started remediation.
The figures cover remediation progress across MHCLG’s Building Safety Remediation portfolio, covering buildings in the ACM (aluminium composite material) programme, Building Safety Fund, Cladding Safety Scheme, developer remediation contract and reported by registered providers of social housing.
Local authorities are actively using their powers under the Housing Act 2004 to enforce remediation: the latest figures show that, as of 18 March 2025, enforcement action has been initiated or is ongoing against 537 buildings over 11 metres with unsafe cladding – an increase from 483 buildings in October 2024 and five more than at the end of February 2025.
The MHCLG release says: “Of the 537 buildings, we are aware that at least 194 improvement notices, 54 hazard awareness notices and one prohibition order have been served to date. Some buildings may have received multiple notices.”
