The Polluter Pays principle applies to flats as much as fridges – and residents should not be left in the lurch
- David Walker is the bishop of Manchester
Three days after that dreadful night in 2017 when fire surged through Grenfell Tower, killing scores of its inhabitants and destroying the homes of many more, I was travelling home from York when my phone rang.
The call was from the chief executive of the Manchester-based housing association that I chair. A brand new apartment block we had recently opened, providing high quality housing for older people, was one of the first properties to fail the emergency fire tests being rolled out across Britain’s high-rise homes.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/oct/03/builders-should-pay-for-the-mistakes-that-led-to-cladding-crisis
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