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<p>Government guidance is clear that building safety is the responsibility of building
owners and we have given expert advice on a range of safety issues to provide clarity.</p><p>Building
Owners should consider all routes to meet costs, including through warranties and
recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work. We have seen many responsible
developers and building owners stepping up to take responsibility for correcting these
defects - for example, in more than half of the high-rise private sector buildings
with ACM cladding.</p><p>Government also expects building owners who have already
committed to pay for the removal and replacement of unsafe non-ACM cladding systems
to honour their commitments.</p><p>We recognise that there are cases where leasehold
agreements will allow building owners or their managing agents to pass on remediation
costs to leaseholders. That is why the Government is developing proposals to help
to protect leaseholders, and we will provide more details as soon as we are in a position
to do so.</p>
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