For some years Mu family lived if Council owned flats in Beddau it was a hideous looking which quickly gained the nickname Coldiz or Alcatraz.
To me it resembled a multi-story car park.
For years there was a run our that it has won a prize and I latter found out that ir was fir housing the maxim number of people in the minimum amount of space.
The thing was that Beddau is not an inner City and there was space to build normal social houses.
Then of course came Thatcher and the right to buy which was supposed to create a property owning democracy but in many case the original buyers moved on and many of these homes are now part of the buy to rent scene,
I am nor trying to relate my own experience with that of the tragedy that has happened in Kensington and the Grenfell fire.
But it should be pointed out that this could have happened in other Cities and Burroughs and to simply blame the Tories who control the councils is wrong.
Having lived in London I know that the cost od accommodation is beyond that of the vast majority people and particularly low paid.
The solution in inner cities id to place them in the sort of Tower Blocks like Grenfell so those who service the more well off are nearby.
Pt may well be that Councils turn a blind eye to overcrowding as more than the allotted number live there and that is why many believe the death toll in Grenfel will be much higher than expected from the registered residents.
The anger directed at the Tories is justified but Labour Councils on London and elsewhere have failed to address the problem and the same cam be said of our devolved governments.
We need to make sure that the tragedy of Grenfell does not happen again anywhere in the UK but we need to address the wider issue of why so many people were living there?
Of course the solution in London will be different in Cities, Urban and Rural areas but we need to address how to accommodate those who need housing but can't afford to buy.
It is clear that Grenfell could have happened in a Labour (or other ) run Borough
All parties need to address these issues and those currently solely blaming the Tories need to take a hard look at what they have done to address the issue.
To me it resembled a multi-story car park.
For years there was a run our that it has won a prize and I latter found out that ir was fir housing the maxim number of people in the minimum amount of space.
The thing was that Beddau is not an inner City and there was space to build normal social houses.
Then of course came Thatcher and the right to buy which was supposed to create a property owning democracy but in many case the original buyers moved on and many of these homes are now part of the buy to rent scene,
I am nor trying to relate my own experience with that of the tragedy that has happened in Kensington and the Grenfell fire.
But it should be pointed out that this could have happened in other Cities and Burroughs and to simply blame the Tories who control the councils is wrong.
Having lived in London I know that the cost od accommodation is beyond that of the vast majority people and particularly low paid.
The solution in inner cities id to place them in the sort of Tower Blocks like Grenfell so those who service the more well off are nearby.
Pt may well be that Councils turn a blind eye to overcrowding as more than the allotted number live there and that is why many believe the death toll in Grenfel will be much higher than expected from the registered residents.
The anger directed at the Tories is justified but Labour Councils on London and elsewhere have failed to address the problem and the same cam be said of our devolved governments.
We need to make sure that the tragedy of Grenfell does not happen again anywhere in the UK but we need to address the wider issue of why so many people were living there?
Of course the solution in London will be different in Cities, Urban and Rural areas but we need to address how to accommodate those who need housing but can't afford to buy.
It is clear that Grenfell could have happened in a Labour (or other ) run Borough
All parties need to address these issues and those currently solely blaming the Tories need to take a hard look at what they have done to address the issue.
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