Cladding crisis: Hundreds of people being made homeless after Christmas

Cladding crisis: Hundreds of people being made homeless after Christmas

How many flats are in here 107 all EMP all empty this used to be home to hundreds of people but in October after years of concerns over flammable cladding residents at Skyline Chambers were suddenly given hours to take what they could leave the rest and get out I

Actually saw people with in in pajamas with a you know a small suit is actually crying outside the building they’ve been friends and Neighbors for 8 years but Josh owns his flat so he’s been given accommodation until it’s safe to return while for renters like Nathan the

Temporary housing will end in the new year I feel a heard more than anything that I found out that they were going to make over 100 people homeless two weeks after Christmas after 18 years living in Manchester with the rents as they are now on a single wage I can’t afford so

I’m having to look outside of of the city center now and the landlords who rent out their Flats fear Financial ruin while the building is empty the rent I receives about £1,100 a a month per apartment so 2,200 a month I’m down what best P of 25 Grand a year um now Wallace

Estates will not confirm whether they’re going to cover those losses a spokesperson for Wallace estate said they took immediate action to relocate all residents and neither lease holders nor free holders are responsible for the existence of fire safety defects at Skyline but Skyline is not unique since

The grandf fell fire 38 buildings have received prohibition notices for fire or structural issues that’s more than 9,600 people forced out of their homes but there’s been a spike in the past year and campaigners fear that will only rise the regulatory authorities have sort of reached the end of their rope if

You like the end of their patience waiting for these buildings to be made safe so that leads us down a path of having to evacuate buildings to put them right a spokesperson from the Department of Housing said freeh holders have a legal duty to ensure the safety of their

Residents we’ve been clear that they need to get on with the job of remediation because every day they delay is another day that people can’t get back into their homes the tragedy at grenfell exposed a colossal fire safety crisis in our housing and as the years drag on and

Thousands of buildings remain unfixed it’s feared more and more people could find themselves suddenly homeless Rachel venal Sky News Manchester going to looked after everyone was going to be taken care of

“The thing I remember is just people out on the street in pyjamas, crying, some with small children.”

“I saw people wandering the corridors with their possessions in bin bags, with no idea where to go.”

These are the images which have stuck with Nathan and Josh, from the night they and their neighbours were forced to leave their homes.

They’re just the latest victims of the post-Grenfell building safety scandal.

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