RBKC Leaseholder Forum

A virtual hub for leaseholders, tenants and the wider community to stay in touch. Unity is strength #EndOurCladdingScandal #JusticeforGrenfell #Leaseholdreform

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

We will never forget this crime against humanity.

[Adrian Zorzut @AdrianZorzut]

Costs blunder and bad contractor choices - London council damning in assessment of its own housing delivery https://t.co/lvmVAHH4G2

[Emma Dent Coad @emmadentcoad]

#Grenfell news - as we approach the 9th anniversary of that terrible day, our Tory-run Council can't help being ecstatic that they have done such a brilliant job 🤬🤬🤬

Now sitting in the press gallery 🧐 since quitting the Councill, I had a rear view of proceedings:

https://t.co/EvYH4nKi63

[Ben Coleman @ChelFulhamBen]

First signs of progress from @nhghousing at our meeting on the Clem last week. Still to fix: drainage, pigeons, landscaping and communication. Residents still living with disrepair that affects their wellbeing. With Cllrs @lydiapaynter and @SharonHolder_, I'll keep pushing.

[Leighton @leightonE1976]

I have just been given this piece of quite damning evidence that proves @RBKC has been at the very least economical with the truth.
The heating cannot be turned off from a central point and has to be done each flat individually.
@Clarice007 @KatherineEGray @josephpowell

[Frederic Billet @FredericBillet]

@geniflo_LDN @Lilly_jo_Cullen @insidehousing @FloEshalomi @NLC_2019 @cattwil @SHAC_Action @McrCladiators @EOCS_Official @ukcag @cladbybellway @Ktee2026 @SusieStalsberg @TowerHamletsJL @UKLabour @SteveReedMP @mtpennycook @wharfgirl @FreeLeasehlders @FleeceholdPlay @tsostweets @BuildToRent @LKPleasehold Gorgeous day in #EastLondon but most of those #leasehold properties are still empty! Very close to #CanaryWharf!
& still, the social accommodation waiting list is so long!
Successive Governments & local authorities approved the wrong type of building!
What a mess!
#LeaseholdSlave

[Leighton @leightonE1976]

I have today written to @josephpowell about the unbearable heating situation on the Lancaster West Estate Walkways.
During an extreme weather warning our radiators were still on full blast, after the council had said they were turned off.
@RBKC @KatherineEGray @Clarice007

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@RBKC @cllrKTS We wish @cllrKTS all the best. He really tried to make a difference and did engage with residents with regard to housing related matters. Even though the process wasn't always smooth.😉

[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea @RBKC]

Cllr Elizabeth Campbell confirmed as Leader for a third term - with a clear mandate from residents:

- Cleaner streets
- Better services
- Doing the basics brilliantly

A heartfelt farewell to Deputy Leader @cllrKTS after nine years of dedicated service on the leadership team.

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@Kwajotweneboa Really admire your tenacity Kwajo.

[BBC London @BBCLondonNews]

'Temporary housing was like a prison for my neurodivergent son' ➡️ https://t.co/rcsgOIAiW2

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@RBKC @LWWalkwaysRA Resident's should be allowed to control their own heating. #HeatwithRent

[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea @RBKC]

@LWWalkwaysRA Hi. We're aware of a small number of cases which our team is dealing with. If you, or someone you know on the estate still has heating coming through, please contact the Lancaster West Neighbourhood Team on 0800 389 2005. Thanks

[Christopher Head OBE @chrish9070]

#PostOfficeScandal The police commander leading the inquiry into the Post Office scandal says £19.3m is needed to fund the "hugely complex" investigation or risk a five-year delay.

https://t.co/lgzNoswQ79

[GRENFELLNEXTOFKIN @Grenfellnextkin]

So RBKC has gone from saying "you're the only one" to admitting they've had a lot of calls but can't do nothing because it's a "contractor dealing with it and they won't be around till tomorrow"

So basically council tenants paying rent to the Royal Borough who failed to safeguard tenants in property it owned and managed, leading to 72 deaths, is shirking responsibility on the hottest amber warning heatwave with radiators pumping out full blast heat to tenants on the same estate where Grenfell stands after having grifted nearly £200milluon of taxpayers' money "for grenfell" works still not delivered including a functioning boiler.

Somehow Labour aren't getting the picture of what these Tories did in North Ken. Maybe they're just too nice and naive? They se happy to take photo ops with people that should be in the docks being charged for manslaughter and suchlike?
@josephpowell
@SteveReedMP
@AngelaRayner
@AndyBurnhamGM
@ZackPolanski
@TheGreenParty

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@Grenfellnextkin Have they distributed fans?

[GRENFELLNEXTOFKIN @Grenfellnextkin]

Residents have been raising this for years. Nine years after the Grenfell Tower fire, the Walkways blocks are still relying on a “temporary” boiler system. Temporary does not mean nearly a decade later.

In this heatwave, the communal heating is blasting constantly. Then in winter, the system fails when people actually need heating. It's almost like deliberate torture for this beleagured community.

This is what happens when the same Council at the heart of the incompetence and failings responsible for 72 deaths of its residents, is left in charge in the aftermath and recovery of the traumatised victims and community, despite being central to the largest homicide investigation in Met Police history, with no oversight, or scrutiny or accountability, by the same TOry Government that protected their Tory jewel in the Crown, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

And the change of government? Nothing changed. The same systems, the same failures, the same lack of accountability. Residents are deliberately shut out while the Council continues to control every part of life on the estate and in the area— including who represents residents and who sits on committees, who the 'official voices' are, which the Council has chosen and groomed and rewards. The residents aren't allowed to even have a foodbank on their estate on their own communal premises.
As tenants say: “It’s like Alcatraz around here.”
@MHCLG
@SteveReedMP
@SamanthaDixonMP
@lancasterale
Meanwhile the Council say they've spent £182million on a refurbishment that has still not delivered any tangible difference, no boiler, no windows, nothing changed, and they're asking for another £100million. Somebody needs to come down here, pay attention and put an end to this total catastrophe and fiasco.
ANd when residents speak up or try to organise themselves, they are targeted and sidelined. What the Council are being allowed to do and getting away with is inhumane after such a terrible tragedy that impacted this Estate. INHUMANE.

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@Grenfellnextkin @LucyGoBag I cannot believe this is still happening.

[NRLA - National Residential Landlords Association @NRLAssociation]

📢 Landlords: the deadline for serving the Renters’ Rights Act information sheet is approaching.

By 31 May 2026, the official information sheet must be provided to existing tenants.

Failing to serve the information sheet correctly could result in financial penalties, so it is important to ensure this is completed before the deadline.

👉 Access the information sheet: https://t.co/reVDmb0vds

#NRLA #RentersRightsAct #UKLandlords

[GRENFELLNEXTOFKIN @Grenfellnextkin]

First the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea @rbkc took away the pitches. Then developed the area around it. Then wrapped the tower in flammable cladding. And when 72 tenants were killed, they were left in charge with no consequences or oversight by their Tory Party leaders in Government at the time and made a mint from capitalising on the disaster.
And what did Labour do after the change of Government? Absolutely nothing different.
@josephpowell
@SteveReedMP
@mhclg
@Keir_Starmer

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@moogsurf This essential service needs support too many community services in the area have been cut. @josephpowell @RBKC https://t.co/BpZlnTCo2I

[RBKC Leaseholder Forum @RBKCLF]

@Grenfellnextkin @stugoo17 #WindrushScandal #PauletteWilson