The deputy PM, who is also the housing secretary, said the government "accepts the findings" of the inquiry and said the government will "prioritise residents and protect their interests, and make sure that industry builds safe homes, and provide clearer accountability and enforcement".
However, the National Housing Association (NHA), which represents about 800 housing associations, said it missed the point as it said what social housing needed was the money to remove dangerous cladding.
Another change will provide "stronger protections" for social housing tenants, giving them more power to challenge landlords and demand safe, high-quality housing, the government said.
Without that funding, social housing tenants are being left in unsafe homes and money is being taken away from building more much-needed social housing, the NHA said.
Following the deaths of 72 people in the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire, Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner has given the government's response to the inquiry, published in September after seven years.
