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Public inquiry into tragedy exposes disregard for safety and compromised regulatory regime
Taking on a big mortgage is risky when incomes are falling and house prices are slowing
Government proposals allowing residents to vote on new developments are full of holes
Prime minister keen to shift public focus away from ‘partygate’ scandal ahead of Thursday’s local elections
A new bill will clamp down on life at the margins for a group whose traditions are already being squeezed
Changes to building safety bill will allow legal action against defective suppliers and expand powers of new regulator
Margaret Thatcher’s Right to Buy is often blamed but New Labour policies contributed to low affordability and price inflation
Activists lobby NBIM over $1.4tn wealth fund’s investments in manufacturers and developers linked to 2017 disaster
Campaigners warn forcing builders to pay £4bn bill leaves many leaseholders footing cost of fixing other safety issues
Property companies say they are being singled out to face £4bn burden to tackle fire safety on thousands of buildings
Charity estimates 55,000 ordered to leave privately rented homes in past 3 months
The National Audit Office calls for overarching strategy to help renters in difficulties
Sponsorship by Kingspan axed after outrage from survivors and victims’ families as well as government criticism
Inaction on building safety rules helped create environment that led to blaze, housing department admits
Next phase begins of inquiry that will examine role of ministers in disaster that killed 72 people
Subtitled ‘Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry’, the verbatim play at London’s Tabernacle Theatre has a devastating impact
Campaigners challenge new housing secretary to help more than 1m families on waiting list
Advisory body’s report proposes shift from market-driven system to socialised approach
Limits on funding to replace dangerous cladding means that those in social housing are at the back of the queue
Measures look radical but deregulating and relying on the market to sort things out will not work
Luxury lounging above others’ grimy commutes is everything that is wrong with the capital’s property boom
Charities call on ministers to boost funding to those in arrears as Covid protection withdrawn
Housing associations warn that burden of new regulations could cut construction of new low-cost homes by two-fifths
Arconic and Kingspan to give evidence as hearings resume into disaster in which 72 died
Millions of leaseholders in UK face expensive improvements to meet safety regulations following the 2017 fire
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