HOUSING providers up and down the country have been removing potentially dangerous cladding in the aftermath of the Grenfell disaster which left 72 people dead. But in the Essex town of Grays, some residents in a number of towers say they want the cladding put back. Why? asks the BBC.
“It is a damp, cold hellhole,” says Rebecca Noakes, who lives in one of the six Grays tower blocks where cladding was removed last year.
Since the cladding was removed, the mother-of-one and a number of her fellow residents in other Thurrock Council-owned Seabrooke Rise estate tower blocks have been fighting a losing war against the cold and mould.
The council says it takes any reports of mould “very seriously” but also claims the reports from residents have been “sporadic” and believes very few of the issues raised relate to its decision to remove the cladding.
The full report can be found below.
