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Morning Briefing: 100 days on from Grenfell ‘only five families rehoused’
It’s now 100 days since the Grenfell Tower fire and only five families have been permanently rehoused, reports The Guardian
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Grenfell Tower victims will receive another £5.5m in support after it emerged only five families have been permanently rehoused, The Guardian reports. More than 150 families are reportedly still in hotels 100 days on from the fire.
Leasehold homes are at the top of the news agenda this morning, with The Guardian reporting that 4.3 million homes have been sold with leasehold contracts as the government considers a ban on new sales by developers.
The Manchester Evening News has an interesting piece on the growing rift in Greater Manchester between Andy Burnham and Manchester City Council over its homelessness problem.
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A Home Office plan to crack down on bank accounts opened by illegal immigrants has got people worried about how this will affect the behaviour of private landlords’ towards those who are vulnerable.
2. The hostile environment wrong in principle. Forces private landlords, employers to conduct profoundly un-British “papers, please” checks.
— Colin Yeo (@ColinYeo1)2. The hostile environment wrong in principle. Forces private landlords, employers to conduct profoundly un-British “papers, please” checks.
— Colin Yeo (@ColinYeo1) September 21, 2017
