217,000 Homeless People: The UK Housing Crisis

Nottingham – On 14 June 2017, a high-rise fire broke out in the 24-storey Grenfell Tower block consisting mainly of council rented flats in North Kensington, West London. It burned for 60 hours. 72 people died, and more than 70 were injured. The residents were among the poorest and most deprived families in one of the richest boroughs in London, itself one of the world’s richest cities. Social hou...