Residents living in “freezing” flats after flammable cladding was removed from their blocks say they feel “invisible” after they received confirmation that their rent is being increased. The nine apartment blocks in Pendleton, Salford, have been plagued with problems for years. All towers – Beech Court, Holm Court, Hornbeam Court, Malus Court, Plane Court, Salix Court,…
Families are facing skyrocketing heating bills and struggling to stay warm after unsafe cladding was removed from a tower block and has not yet been replaced. Residents at Salix Court and Holme Court in Salford had their buildings stripped fourteen months ago. But the cladding had acted to retain the heat in the building and now it…
A social housing provider has apologised to one of its tenants who says he spent years complaining about damp and mould in one of their Bristol properties. Shay Flower claims his living conditions became so bad he developed severe asthma. Sovereign Housing Association has now promised to move Mr Flower within a few days after being contacted…
Two neighbours have said that they are growing increasingly frustrated with a housing association after ongoing issues with mould and damp have caused their families to fall ill. Jemma Wildman and Miss Greenaway live one door apart from each other on a street in Helston and have both said that their properties, provided by Sanctuary…
The UK’s biggest housing association has admitted it has failed tenants after an ITV News investigation found widespread disrepair and squalid conditions across an entire housing estate of nearly 500 homes. Clarion Housing issued an apology to all its residents of Eastfields Estate in Mitcham, south London, admitting that they “had not had the service…
“I sit at night, scared, wondering where I am going to get the money from” Sam is 10 months old. He spends most of his days wrapped up in mittens and a woolly hat. He’s at home all day. His older sister, Natasha, is three years old. She’s in a dressing gown. So is their…
RESIDENTS of a “nightmare” block of flats have stuck bubble wrap around the windows to try and keep the cold out – and say “no one gives a s***” because they’re poor. Locals living in Pendleton flats in Salford were left “dreading” Christmas after Grenfell-style cladding was removed in September 2020 and never replaced. Click here to read the…
Families were left standing in the freezing cold as boiling hot water gushed into the communal corridor in their flats and a woman ended up in A&E after plaster from her ceiling fell on her. These were some of the tenants who spoke to ITV News about their plight as a government inquiry into the…
Emma Reynolds and her two children are struggling with the ‘horrible’ living conditions in a property that is earmarked for demolition. A young mum and her two children are having to ‘live in their coats and dressing gowns inside a freezing cold and damp’ Birmingham flat. Emma Reynolds, three-year-old son Lewis and daughter Leah, 8,…
Volkswagen deceived British car buyers by falsifying the green credentials of its vehicles, lawyers will argue this week, as a compensation claim linked to the German firm’s “dieselgate” emissions scandal reaches the high court. More than 90,000 claimants are seeking compensation after buying cars from Volkswagen Group – including Audis, Seats and Skodas – only to find…