Daily: Death Trap Homes – The post-Grenfell cladding scandal

<p>Even after the horror of the Grenfell Fire, millions of people are still living in homes with cheap, inflammable cladding – and the effort to fix it has stalled. <strong>Steve Cole</strong>, head of corporate strategy at the housing association Clarion, and <em>Inside Housing</em>’s award-winning editor <strong>Peter Apps</strong> tell Naomi Smith about a scandal that’s been inexcusably neglected, how austerity paved the way for this tragedy, and how to force the Government to take action before another disaster.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li><em>“There are up to 4.6m flats affected by dangerous cladding and that’s 11m people. That’s equivalent to the entire population of London.” – </em><strong><em>Peter Apps</em></strong></li><li>“<em>British homes are like US cars. They</em>’<em>re only energy efficient because they run on cheap fuel.” – </em><strong><em>Steve Cole</em></strong></li><li>“<em>Why should the taxpayer pay to fix a problem of the construction industry?” – </em><strong><em>Peter Apps</em></strong></li><li><em>“Regulation isn’t worth much of it’s not enforced… Austerity took a lot of expertise and enforcement out of local government.” – </em><strong><em>Steve Cole</em></strong></li></ul><p><br></p><p><em>Presented by Naomi Smith. Produced by Andrew Harrison. Assistant producers Jacob Archbold and Jelena Sofrenijevic. Music by Kenny Dickinson. Audio production by Alex Rees. </em><strong><em>The Bunker is a Podmasters Production.</em></strong></p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>