<p><span>The government intends to bring into law measures to “block” housebuilders and product manufacturers from the market if they do not help to fix the industry’s cladding issue, it said.</span></p> <p><span>Levelling up secretary Michael Gove plans to make amendments to the Building Safety Bill so that those developers deemed to be “not doing the right thing” will be unable to secure planning permissions and building control approval on schemes, “effectively preventing them from building and selling new homes”. </span></p> <p><span>The proposed measures, released in a statement, will also allow building owners and landlords to take legal action against manufacturers responsible for using defective products on homes found to be unfit for habitation. This will cover the previous 30 years, allowing recovery where costs have already been paid out, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities said (DLUHC).</span></p> <p><span>DLUHC also plans to impose Cost Contribution Orders on product manufacturers who have been successfully prosecuted under construction products regulations. Under the orders, they will need to pay "their fair share" towards remediating affected buildings.</span></p> <p><span>The department’s new measures also include the power to widen the scope of the Building Safety Levy to </span><span>include non-higher-risk residential and mixed residential-commercial developments,</span><span> reflecting “the …