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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Harrison Galliven

Residents left feeling 'dehumanised' by broken lifts in south London tower block

Canterbury House in Croydon - (Facundo Arrizabalaga)

A woman living in a Croydon tower block says residents feel “exhausted” and “dehumanised” as they face climbing up to ten flights of stairs daily, with both lifts out of service and no timeline for repairs.

Residents are forced to carry babies, shopping, and wheelchairs up narrow stairwells in a building where fire safety risks had also recently been flagged.

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