Posted 24.02.22
ITV News: Further reading
In an exclusive interview, Housing Secretary Michael Gove says he is "ashamed" by the conditions social housing tenants are being forced to live in, as revealed in an ITV News investigation.
He admitted for the first time the government had failed to deliver the reforms promised to tenants after the Grenfell tragedy in 2017.
A year-long ITV News investigation has uncovered social housing conditions described as the worst the sector has ever seen.
Residents across Britain have shown the mould, damp, leaks, collapsed ceilings and risks of electrocution that blight their lives, despite consistent complaints to their landlord.
In his interview with ITV News, Mr Grove said "The Grenfell tragedy was a tragedy of many dimensions. One of the things that everyone pledged to do afterwards was to make sure that people in social housing had their voices heard, and we haven't done that effectively."
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