{"id":84683,"date":"2024-03-12T13:49:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T13:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=84683"},"modified":"2024-03-28T11:38:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T11:38:51","slug":"falling-concrete-swarms-of-flies-and-black-mould-flats-life-seven-years-after-grenfell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2024\/03\/12\/falling-concrete-swarms-of-flies-and-black-mould-flats-life-seven-years-after-grenfell\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling concrete, swarms of flies and black mould: Flat life seven years after Grenfell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Residents of Channel View fear they won’t be moved into new accommodation until 2028 <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

SEVEN years after the Grenfell flats tragedy, residents of a block of Cardiff council flats are still living with black mould, swarms of flies and the threat of falling concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cladding on the 14-storey Channel View tower block in Grangetown was removed in 2018 after Grenfell, because it was not up to fire safety standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This has left the flats cold and damp and expensive to heat – and residents, many of them elderly, still don’t know when they will be able to move into new accommodation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardiff council decided to build new flats rather than repair the existing block. However, residents have been told that problems including the effects of lockdown mean the new flats might not be ready until 2028.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt feels like the Victorian times, it’s a wonder we don\u2019t get dysentery. It feels shameful, I feel ashamed to live here,\u201d said Katy Monaghan, 64, who has lived in the block for 16 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been infestations of sewer flies, sky-high heating bills, falling concrete and new fire safety equipment has not been installed.<\/p>\n\n\n

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