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Tower Blocks
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Now that authorities are realising that tower blocks are dangerous places to be living in & hundreds of people are going to have to be rehoused, the truth is at last emerging about the faulty Thatcher plan regarding people being encouraged to buy their council houses. Councils were not allowed to re invest the money from house sales to re build council houses which of course resulted in a grave shortage of council properties which of course are now desperately needed. In retrospect now very short sighted.
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No but they were allowed to invest the money on upgrading the remaining social housing stock, which they failed to do. The cash was siphoned off into their pension schemes and vanity projects and not used to make safe and habitable the properties that they retained, tower blocks for instance. The properties purchased by deserving tenants did not disappear and if they had not been sold the councils would not have been building new council houses any way.
nothing inherently wrong with Tower blocks, they just need strict anti fire measures by law. Sprinklers, fire retardant materials, etc etc just like the ones in the blocks of £1m+ flats that the well heeled have. Yet another creative way to blame TGL for all Ills ron, she's been out of power since 1990, surely she cannot be blamed for ever.
Ron, //the faulty Thatcher plan regarding people being encouraged to buy their council houses.//
That was originally a Labour initiative, part of one of its manifestos - but it lost that particular election. You will note that when Labour subsequently held office, it didn't reverse the policy of selling council houses, presumably because it still thought it was a spiffing idea.
That was originally a Labour initiative, part of one of its manifestos - but it lost that particular election. You will note that when Labour subsequently held office, it didn't reverse the policy of selling council houses, presumably because it still thought it was a spiffing idea.
£10 for safety....buy one or 2 more
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The problem is Mickey they get vandalised, stolen or abused - like used for propping open fire doors.
But until we know the real reasons why this happened, how it started, how it spread to the outside, how it spread when outside, why people couldn't use the central stairs to get etc etc it is not really a good idea to keep harping on one favourite line.
Without doubt this was a series/combination of problems that led to the perfect storm with the catastrophic consequences we saw. I doubt it will be one person or Governments fault entirely either.
But until we know the real reasons why this happened, how it started, how it spread to the outside, how it spread when outside, why people couldn't use the central stairs to get etc etc it is not really a good idea to keep harping on one favourite line.
Without doubt this was a series/combination of problems that led to the perfect storm with the catastrophic consequences we saw. I doubt it will be one person or Governments fault entirely either.
YMB........I am hardly "harping on" by saying that fire extinguishers should be provided. I would be surprised if what I have suggested isn't already the law.
As regards to the being stolen, etc, then its up to the Landlords, whoever they are, to be responsible for maintaining the building in a safe manner. If that includes making regular daily checks then so be it.
As regards to the being stolen, etc, then its up to the Landlords, whoever they are, to be responsible for maintaining the building in a safe manner. If that includes making regular daily checks then so be it.
