I have been working on Leaseholders' problems for well over ten years with the support of Leasehold Knowledge Partnership. We can welcome the attention the Government is now giving leaseholders - they are beginning to understand the scale of the problems.
I gave the Government a clear roadmap of how to address the most critical issue currently facing leaseholders across the country - entrapment in dangerous Grenfell Tower-type clad buildings.
Firstly, making the money available so these buildings can be made safe.
Secondly, challenging the insurance industry who are putting premiums up at rates that should be investigated.
Thirdly, making sure that, in the end, the people who are responsible for this dangerous chaos will have to pay. That those who are responsible, not all knowingly, includes the developers, the builders, the landlords, local building control, national regulators, and the component manufacturers.
This has to be tackled in a way that cuts short waiting for court action which may take years. Work must start and be finished as soon as possible so people have homes they can live in safely or leave securely and are affordable.
Decisions need to be taken in Downing Street before more lives are wrecked and lost.
