Councils cannot continue to ignore social tenants
LONDON tenants demanded they be involved in future decisions about their homes yesterday following the Grenfell Tower inferno.
The London Tenants Federation warned that social tenants have been left increasingly isolated and unable to get their collective voices heard, leading to “horrendous consequences.”
It wants active local tenant associations with elected tenants’ representatives to be involved in decisions.
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