While the full implications of the Grenfell tragedy will have to wait until the inquiry concludes, the consequences are already apparent for thousands of our fellow citizens. The inquiry and subsequent investigations have shone a harsh light on the building industry and the responsibility of public agencies, including local councils, to regulate it. Thousands of homes have been found to have fire risks which require remedial work amounting to potentially billions of pounds. Thanks to the archaic system of freehold the cost of this seems to be passed on to leaseholders who bought their properties in good faith.
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