Question and answer special: Zack Polanski, rent control and the likelihood of Grenfell prosecutions

Thanks to all those who submitted questions! I've had fun answering them

In my first Question and Answer piece, I am picking up a series of questions submitted by paid subscribers a couple of weeks ago.

They are:

• What’s your view on the impact of Social Housing Regulation on the sector at the end of year two?

• Interim findings from campaign group Stop Social Housing Stigma’s national tenant survey have revealed that more than two-thirds of tenants feel stigmatised living in social housing. What steps can we take as a sector to reduce this stigma?

• Do you have any insight into why leasehold reform is taking so long? Have developers persuaded government to back-pedal in return for help in meeting their new build targets?

• Do you think the PAS9980 criteria is proving to be a good way of assessing the risk to buildings - given that residents are sometimes stuck with unpayable insurance costs even after remediation? Wouldn’t it be better if we demanded the removal of all combustible materials, and funded the work through a polluter pays approach?

• What do you think of Zack Polanski and the Green Party on housing?

• Do you think it was wrong to demolish Grenfell Tower before criminal convictions have been secured? What sort of memorial would you like to see on the site?

• What do you think poses the greatest risk of a repeat of a residential disaster like the Grenfell Tower fire?

• Do you think anyone will go to prison for Grenfell?

Let’s dive in: