I thought I would give an update on my understanding of the housing and fire safety situation in Brent as I understand it. This also follows a report back from Cllr Butt at a meeting I attended which I thought left more questions than it answered.
The Council has written to central government and asked for funding for fire safety. As predicted, the government said no, and so Brent is going ahead with poorly defined investment of up to £10 million. To my surprise, Cllr Butt seemed to think this would not come from the Housing Revenue Account (HRA) as I suggested, but from general resources. Thus, the burden would fall on the general taxpayers.
I find the insouciance with which Brent Council has just committed to an extra £10 million of spending remarkable.
It remains unclear whether, leaseholders will benefit from this, or whether they will be expected to pay a service charge in the way they would for (say) a new roof.
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