Theresa May could honour Grenfell victims by fixing the housing crisis | Polly Toynbee

A housing green paper is due shortly – it should be dedicated to those who died in the fire, with a pledge for a surge in new social housing

In a few years’ time, what will be left of Grenfell? Beyond whatever memorial local people choose, there should be something more.

A year ago many said the Grenfell fire would change politics – and it did rouse the conscience of the nation with its imagery of grotesque inequality within one borough. Look how long it has taken to find housing for all its occupants, where Kensington’s extreme wealth drives astronomical prices: to keep people nearby, the council is buying 307 homes at an average £765,500 each. At the same time, the borough’s voting roll has fallen due to so many mothballed properties being left empty by zillionaire foreign investors.

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