Grenfell – A Culture of Neglect

Council housing in Kensington and Chelsea is not organised in house,But by a tenant management organisation, really a council mouse,The TMO was cheaper, did nothing original and set no precedents,And did not see coming, the fire that killed seventy-two residents, The enquiry lasted nearly three years before the tenants were heard,Builders, cladding manufactures and security experts were preferred,The residents accused the council and the TMO of years of neglect,But the council had no interest in a conversation, however imperfect. Seven months before the disaster, a tenant’s blog predicted the fire,The TMO said it was scaremongering, though the position was dire,The…

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