Anger as Grenfell boss is invited to speak at housing safety event (UK)
A housing boss in charge of Grenfell Tower before it went up in flames has been chosen to speak at a national housing conference on improving building safety, in a move that has provoked fury among survivors.
Sacha Jevans, who was the executive director of Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO), which managed the building and oversaw the £10m recladding works that left it compromised with fire risks, has been invited to lecture on ways to “improve risk management and building safety post-Grenfell” at the Chartered Institute of Housing conference in Manchester in June.
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During the refurbishment works, Jevans, who is now interim strategic director at Epping Forest district council, dismissed a complaint from Daffarn about being unable to close a fire door on his floor. Daffarn was the co-author of the Grenfell Action blog that in 2016 predicted “only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of our landlord, the KCTMO”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/02/anger-grenfell-boss-invited-speak-housing-safety-event
