Home safety and repairs

Guidance and services

• Welsh Building Safety fund
  Access funding to undertake building safety related surveys.
• Welsh Building Safety Fund: expression of interest guidance
  How to complete the Welsh Building Safety Fund expression of interest form.
• Leaseholder Support Scheme
  The Leaseholder Support Scheme can help you if you are in or facing significant financial hardship because of fire safety issues affecting your property.
• Check eligibility for Leaseholder Support Scheme
  Use this service to to find out if you can get support from the Leaseholder Support Scheme.
• Leaseholder Support Scheme: guidance for applicants
  Guidance on how to apply for the Leaseholder Support Scheme.
• Leaseholder Support Scheme: application form
  Use this form to apply for the Leaseholder Support Scheme.
• Leaseholder Support Scheme: guidance for independent financial advisers
  Guidance for independent financial advisers about the Leaseholder Support Scheme.
• Housing adaptations
  Support to help make changes to your home if you are disabled or an older person.
• Housing adaptations data monitoring: guidance for providers
  Explains how to complete the housing adaptations data monitoring form.
• Housing adaptations data monitoring: form for providers
  Form to tell us about adaptations you have made to homes.
• Housing adaptations: standards of service
  Explains the level of service a service provider should work to when making changes to a home.
• Flat fire safety
  Guidance about what to do if you have concerns about the safety of your flat in the event of a fire.
• Fire doors in flats: guidance for building owners
  Explains what building owners need to do to make sure buildings have suitable fire doors.
• Fire risks of flats with balconies: guidance
  What building owners, managing agents and residents can do to reduce the risk of balcony fires.
• Cladding systems: letter to landlords
  Letter explaining the risks of certain types of cladding.
• Extra care housing: guidance
  Guidance to help local authorities when planning new homes for older people.
• Radon in homes and buildings
  Information about the radioactive gas radon and how to check if you may be affected.
• Housing health and safety rating system: enforcement guidance
  Explains what local authorities will do if homes are unsafe to live in.
• Housing health and safety rating system: guidance
  Explains what local authorities must do to check and ensure that houses and flats are safe to live in.
• The Building Safety Bill: impact assessments
  Assess the possible effects of the UK Government Building Safety Bill.
• High Pressure Laminate (HPL) cladding systems: guidance for building owners
  Guidance about HPL cladding panels on buildings over 18 metres tall and its fire performance.
• Apply for a home improvement loan
  The interest-free home improvement loan can pay for work to make your home warm, safe and secure.
• Apply for an empty homes loan
  Interest-free loan to renovate empty homes.
• Welsh Building Safety Fund: privacy notice
  How we will handle any personal data you provide in relation to Welsh Building Safety Fund.
• Apply for an empty homes grant
  Grants of up to £25,000 are available to renovate empty properties to make them safe to live in and improve their energy efficiency.

Policy and background Includes strategy, reports, projects and assessments.

• ENABLE programme: analysis
  Report
  Research into how the ENABLE programme has performed between 2016 to 2017.
• Housing adaptations: analysis April 2018 to March 2019
  Report
  Research into how the Housing adaptations programme has performed.
• Proposed changes to improve the safety of residential high-rise buildings
  Report
  Advice from the Building Safety Expert group about improving the safety of high-rise flats following the Grenfell Tower fire.
• Building safety: position statement
  Policy and strategy
  Our plan to reform regulations and fire safety in high rise buildings.
• Housing adaptations: analysis 2019 to 2020
  Report
  Research into how the housing adaptations programme has performed.