Higher-risk buildings in occupation Historic Remediation Costs
The Act also brings forward measures to protect leaseholders from the costs associated with the remediation of historical building safety defects in medium- and high-rise buildings. The Act protects qualifying leaseholders (those living in their own homes or with up to three UK properties in total) from all costs associated with the remediation of unsafe cladding, and provides additional protections from non-cladding costs, including the costs associated with interim measures such as waking watch patrols.
	The Act means that building owners and landlords are now liable to pay to fix historical fire safety defects if they are (or are linked to) the developer of a building with fire safety defects, or if they meet a minimum contribution threshold. If these tests are not met, non-cladding costs can be recovered from qualifying leaseholders; however, these costs are subject to fixed caps.
	The Act contains enforcement provisions to ensure the protections are complied with, including mechanisms to require landlords to fix, and pay to fix their buildings, and to secure funds during the process of winding up a company.