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Treatment of tenants by social housing landlords must change, says ombudsman



Richard Blakeway tells social housing leaders to ‘see people, not problems’ after Grenfell inquiry’s report into disasterSome social housing landlords still treat tenants like children and behave in the same adversarial and defensive way as the Grenfell Tower landlord, the government-appointed social housing ombudsman has said.Speaking after the publication of the public inquiry report into the 2017 fire that claimed 72 lives, Richard Blakeway warned leaders of social housing groups to end “parent-child” relationships with tenants and instead “see people, not problems”. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/sep/05/social-housing-landlords-must-change-treatment-of-tenants-in-wake-of-grenfell-says-ombudsman

Author : Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Publish date : 2024-09-05 14:35:48

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