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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jon Ungoed-Thomas

‘Mental torture’: six years after Grenfell, UK residents still live in fear as cladding deal falters

Homeowner Charlotte Meehan outside her flat
Charlotte Meehan, who is still waiting for her flat to be made safe despite receiving an inspection report in June 2021 concluding it was a fire risk. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer

In June 2021, Charlotte Meehan received a safety inspection report for her block of flats as part of the nationwide checks after the Grenfell Tower fire. It made for grim reading, warning that the block had been built with combustible cladding and insulation.

Last April, the government announced a “wide-ranging” agreement with developers to fix the crisis of unsafe tall buildings, but Meehan, 34, and her fellow residents in the four-storey block in east London, are among tens of thousands still waiting for their homes to be made safe.

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