The issue was looked at following the Grenfell Tower fire in June 2017 in which 72 people died, partly due to to the poor materials used in the building.
Bishop of Kensington, Rt Rev Graham Tomlin, has been a vocal campaigner for the residents of Grenfell.
He is also the chair of a new commission looking into the housing crisis and told Premier: “I’m very pleased the government’s acted in the way that it has because the pressures been growing a bit on the government to act on this particular issue.
“Because it’s been a real injustice that leaseholders have been asked to foot the bill to remove the cladding from a lot of the buildings around the country that still have cladding.
“I think the government stepping in and saying ‘we will foot at least part of the bill’ is just the right thing to do.”
The government said the action was being taken because ‘private building owners failed to take action and tried to offload costs onto leaseholders’.
Prime Minister Theresa May said: “It is of paramount importance that everybody is able to feel and be safe in their homes.
“That’s why we asked building owners in the private sector to take action and make sure appropriate safety measures were in place.
“And we’ve seen a number of private building owners doing the right thing and taking responsibility, but unfortunately too many are continuing to pass on the costs of removal…
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