Survivors claim council knowingly housed people with disabilities on some of tower’s highest floors
Hisam Choucair, whose disabled mother, Sirria, died in the 2017 Grenfell fire, told the inquiry her needs did not seem to be considered when she was housed on the 22nd floor. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
Hisam Choucair, whose disabled mother, Sirria, died in the 2017 Grenfell fire, told the inquiry her needs did not seem to be considered when she was housed on the 22nd floor. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
Tue 20 Apr 2021 10.37 EDT
Last modified on Tue 20 Apr 2021 13.45 EDT
Disabled survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire and relatives of disabled victims have claimed the council landlord knew about their conditions but failed to provide them with fire evacuation plans and still housed some on the building’s highest floors.