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Grenfell: Campaigners ‘horrified’ and ‘sickened’ by minister’s evacuation excuses

By John Pring on 7th April 2022 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Campaigners ‘horrified’ and ‘sickened’ by minister’s evacuation excuses
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Disabled campaigners say they are “horrified” and “sickened” by the government’s “unconscionable” refusal to ensure that disabled people living in high-rise buildings have the right to a personal emergency evacuation plan (PEEP). Fire minister Lord [Stephen] Greenhalgh told fellow peers on […]

Grenfell: Government ‘probably forgot’ to ask disabled people for views on evacuation

By John Pring on 31st March 2022 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Government ‘probably forgot’ to ask disabled people for views on evacuation
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A senior civil servant has told the Grenfell inquiry that the government probably “forgot” to seek disabled people’s views on how residents with physical impairments could evacuate tower blocks in an emergency, six years before the devastating fire. Brian Martin, who […]

Grenfell: Government repeatedly failed to seek disabled people’s views on evacuation

By John Pring on 17th March 2022 Category: Housing

Grenfell: Government repeatedly failed to seek disabled people’s views on evacuation
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The government repeatedly failed to seek the views of disabled people and their organisations about how residents with physical impairments could evacuate tower blocks in an emergency, six years before the Grenfell Tower disaster. Louise Upton, who was head of fire […]

Disabled people will be forgotten again unless ministers change safety bill, say peers

By John Pring on 24th February 2022 Category: Housing

Disabled people will be forgotten again unless ministers change safety bill, say peers
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Two disabled peers have warned the government that disabled people living in high-rise flats will again be forgotten – five years on from the Grenfell disaster – if its building safety bill fails to make their need for protection explicitly clear. […]

Legal action seeks justice over award of fire safety contract

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Housing

Legal action seeks justice over award of fire safety contract
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Disabled campaigners have launched legal action over the government’s decision to award a crucial fire safety contract to consultants who have repeatedly argued against introducing written evacuation plans for disabled residents of tower blocks. Claddag, a leaseholder action group led by […]

Hostel ordeal continues, despite ombudsman’s ‘significant injustice’ ruling

By John Pring on 17th February 2022 Category: Housing

Hostel ordeal continues, despite ombudsman’s ‘significant injustice’ ruling
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A woman who has been forced to live with her disabled daughter in an inaccessible hostel for more than three years says she can see no end to their ordeal, despite an ombudsman ruling that her local council had caused them […]

Shock and outrage over government’s fire safety guidance contract

By John Pring on 27th January 2022 Category: Housing

Shock and outrage over government’s fire safety guidance contract
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Disabled activists are “shocked and outraged” at the government’s decision to commission fire safety guidance from a company that produced a “discriminatory” and “discredited” policy on evacuating disabled people that was in place at the time of the Grenfell tragedy. Consultants […]

Council apologises to disabled woman after decade of harassment by neighbours

By John Pring on 18th November 2021 Category: Housing

Council apologises to disabled woman after decade of harassment by neighbours
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A council has apologised to a disabled, older woman who has faced a decade-long ordeal of harassment, hate crime and abuse at the hands of her neighbours. The woman, who has long-term physical and mental health conditions, has noted hundreds of […]

Protesters call for action from council after years of housing failures

By John Pring on 28th October 2021 Category: Housing

Protesters call for action from council after years of housing failures
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Protesters were outside a town hall this week to support a disabled man who has spent years being “ignored, insulted and patronised” by his local authority over the serious damage his council flat is causing to his health. Tuesday’s protest aimed […]

Pioneering council praised for ground-breaking co-production on housing strategy

By John Pring on 23rd September 2021 Category: Housing

Pioneering council praised for ground-breaking co-production on housing strategy
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A local authority has been praised for once again breaking new ground on co-producing policy with disabled people, after publishing a new disabled people’s housing strategy. Hammersmith and Fulham council, in London, has produced the housing strategy in co-production with disabled […]

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