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Residents of high-rise buildings covered in dangerous cladding have been ordered to “live like animals” during replacement work, MPs have been told.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Up to five million people live in blocks with a disguise similar to that which caused the Grenfell disaster.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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But action to remove all unsafe paneling has left tenants living without lights or ventilation, in some cases for more than two years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The housing minister told MPs he would look at new guidelines for builders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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More than 70 people died in the 2017 Grenfell fire, prompting the government to set up the \u00a35.1billion Building Safety Fund to remove dangerous cladding from high-rise buildings across the UK.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    But some residents have been left in what Conservative MP Stephen McPartland has described as “hell on earth” by disguising redevelopment works that involved covering the exteriors of buildings with a plastic sheet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Those at Mandale House in Sheffield have been told their balconies and windows will be closed for at least two and a half years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield described her as “condemned to live in a space with no natural light and no ventilation”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The Labor MP said: “Really they are being asked to pay substantial money to fix mistakes for which they are not responsible, to enjoy a significant reduction in their quality of life over a very long period of time. It’s obscene what’s happening to them.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    MPs took part in a debate in Westminster Hall, an annex of the Chamber of Commons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    People living in the 19-storey New Providence Wharf in east London had walked through a fire back in May last year which, according to Stevenage MP Mr McPartland, left a mother \u201csitting on the ground because she didn’t know what child she had left behind”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “The neighbors came and picked up the other kids and got them out of the smoke,” he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “Everything went down, the smoke detectors went down, the fire doors went down – they had all the gear but none of it worked.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    These Canary Wharf residents are also now living in a shrink-wrapped building that now “looks like shredded toilet paper” after last month’s storms, he said, and have been “living in the dark” for the past 12 months. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    “You couldn’t treat animals like that,” said the Conservative MP. “It’s a living hell for a number of people who are already at breaking point.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Mr McPartland suggested the government should use Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPOs) to buy out tenants, demolish the buildings and build new affordable housing through housing associations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    In Ipswich, residents of St Francis Tower expected to live with covered windows for 18 months, said local MP Tom Hunt, who said conditions were so bad: “I would feel guilty if an animal lived [there]let alone my constituents”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    He said: “In these buildings there is practically no natural light at all and bars in front of the windows, which means that even getting fresh air was difficult.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The Conservative MP called for new legislation to prevent buildings being shrink-wrapped and moving funds to allow residents to move out while construction works.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    Housing Secretary Stuart Andrew agreed that such conditions were “unacceptable” and promised to “look at” different types of packaging.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    He also said he would heed MPs’ calls for a new code of practice for builders to take the welfare of residents into account when replacing cladding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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