The Local Remediation Acceleration Plan for London brings together City Hall, Government, regulators, councils, and the London Fire Brigade to take a more coordinated approach to remediation. It aims to meet national targets by 2029 by strengthening enforcement against developers and landlords, improving collaboration across the sector, and putting residents at the centre of the process.

London faces the largest remediation challenge in the country, with more than 2,300 residential buildings over 11 metres still requiring work. The plan sets out actions to ensure high-rise buildings are remediated, accelerate progress on mid-rise buildings, and take stronger action where those responsible fail to act.

Joanne Drew, Co-Chair of the London Housing Directors’ Group, said:

“London boroughs play a crucial role in driving building safety across all tenures – as landlords and developers of council homes, as local planning and building control authorities, and as advocates for residents where remediation is needed, using their enforcement powers.

“We welcome the new plan’s clear commitment to fixing unsafe buildings and ensuring residents feel safe in their homes. This plan provides an important opportunity to strengthen collaboration across the sector and build the capacity needed to accelerate progress.”

The full report can be found here.

The programme focuses on two funding priorities – Combatting Homelessness and Tackling Domestic and Sexual Abuse – and has allocated £22.8m in funding to 12 projects across these priority areas.

Homelessness projects offer wrap-around support to individuals and families (aged 25 and over) in temporary accommodation and deliver homelessness prevention services for those at risk. They also support young people including care leavers (aged 18-25), providing targeted intervention and alternative pathways to secure housing. Projects tackling domestic and sexual abuse offer specialist advice, counselling, and support to medium-risk survivors and target groups who do not currently access general provision, as well as provide refuge services and services for people affected by harmful practices. All projects under the programme work with the relevant sectors and borough professionals to innovate and improve the response to homelessness and domestic and sexual abuse in London.

Among the funded initiatives is the London Youth Gateway project, led by the New Horizon Youth Centre in partnership with several other homelessness organisations. The project aims to support anyone under 25 in London who doesn’t have somewhere safe to live, no matter where they’re from or what they’ve been through, helping young people to resolve their homelessness and improve their health, safety, and life skills.

You can find more about the Pan-London Grants Programme here and the New Horizon Youth Centre in this video