Safe as houses: Private greed, political negligence and housing policy after Grenfell (Manchester Capitalism)

By: Stuart Hodkinson

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Synopsis: As the tragedy of the Grenfell tower fire has slowly revealed a shadowy background of outsourcing, private finance initiatives and a council turning a blind eye to health and safety concerns, many questions need answers.Stuart Hodkinson has those answers. He has worked for the last decade with residents groups in council regeneration projects across London. As residents have been shifted out of 60s and 70s social housing to make way for higher rent paying newcomers, they have been promised a higher quality of housing. Councils have passed the responsibility for this housing to private consortia who amazingly have been allowed to self-regulate on quality and safety. Residents have been ignored for years on this and only now are we hearing the truth. Stuart will weave together his research on PFIs, regulation and resident action to tell the whole story of how Grenfell happened and how this could easily have happened in multiple locations across the country.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 240 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781526130013
Related ISBNs:: 9781526141866, 9781526129987, 9781526154644
Publisher:: Manchester University Press
Date of Addition:: 10/17/20
Copyrighted By:: Stuart Hodkinson
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Politics and Government
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.