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Nationwide plans to pump millions into housebuilding, and Scotland Yard calls on 9/11 experts to help with the Grenfell investigation
In the news
The nation’s largest building society plans to invest millions in housebuilding to try and help ease the housing crisis.
Joe Garner, Nationwide’s new chief executive, said housing will the “focal point” for the building society and it is looking at “practical ways” to boost housing supply.
The Huffington Post reports that 9/11 experts are being drafted in to help Scotland Yard with its Grenfell Tower investigation.
Craig Mackey, deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said the “extraordinary size” of the potential crime scene meant those who worked in the aftermath of the Twin Towers disaster in 2001 were being called upon.
Elsewhere, the new deputy chief executive of Kensington and Chelsea Council, Kim Taylor-Smith, said he did not know about Grenfell residents’ fire safety concerns prior to the tragedy despite sitting on the housing scrutiny committee for more than a year.
Mr Taylor-Smith also said he and the new leader Elizabeth Campbell will not be stepping down, despite calls for them to resign at this week’s cabinet meeting.
On social media
The housing sector is buzzing with the news of the proposed merger between Notting Hill and Genesis.
Can the proposed merger between NHHT & Genesis pass the tests set out by Tom in this piece? t.co/fEIbXtrEeb
— Steve Hilditch (@SteveHilditch)Can the proposed merger between NHHT & Genesis pass the tests set out by Tom in this piece? https://t.co/fEIbXtrEeb
— Steve Hilditch (@SteveHilditch) July 21, 2017
Interesting timing after Grenfell: Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association agree merger. Will have 54,000 London homes combined
— Alex Lawson (@MrAlexLawson)Interesting timing after Grenfell: Notting Hill Housing and Genesis Housing Association agree merger. Will have 54,000 London homes combined
— Alex Lawson (@MrAlexLawson) July 20, 2017