Half Of The Council Homes With Hazards Are In One London Borough

Government statistics on the condition of council housing stock released last week showed that there were 8,107 homes with ‘category one’ hazards across the country at the end of 2018/19. Of these, 4,340 (54%) were owned by Lewisham Council. The local authority said that its figures were so high because it counted all homes with a non-compliant fire door or “inadequate fire compartmentation” as a category one hazard, unlike other councils. Read more on Inside Housing.

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