The NSW government has received a plan laying out how it might help homeowners confronting significant costs to repair apartments or to replace flammable cladding, but has not said when it will respond to the issue.

Building Commissioner David Chandler, appointed at the start of the month to lead the government’s response to the escalating problem of poorly built apartment blocks in NSW, last week presented interim recommendations to Better Regulation Minister Kevin Anderson.

Mr Chandler would not discuss the recommendations, which were aimed at addressing how the government should respond to previously built structures with defects - as opposed to how it might reform the industry in the future.

NSW building commissioner David Chandler addresses a parliamentary inquiry. Credit:AAP

But Mr Chandler has previously proposed a scheme of low-interest government loans that could be accessed by affected strata titles. The purpose of such a scheme would be to support the value of damaged unit blocks, allowing them to be repaired for affordable rates, and to encourage the private insurance industry back into all elements of the residential construction market.