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<p>The Minister of State for Housing has regular meetings with Grenfell United and
met with them to seek the group’s views on the proposals set out in our consultation
<em>Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory
system</em>, which was published on 6 June.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system</a></p><p>There
will be further engagement with Grenfell United during the consultation period.</p><p>More
generally, the Government is committed to putting residents at the heart of the new,
stronger system of building safety for high-rise residential buildings.</p><p>We want
residents to:</p><ul><li>Be empowered to hold their buildings’ owners to account;</li></ul><ul><li>Have
a strong voice in decision-making about the safety of their building;</li></ul><ul><li>Be
listened to straight away when they have safety concerns.</li></ul><p>To bring about
this culture change, we are consulting on proposals to give residents:</p><ul><li>more
access to safety information about their buildings;</li></ul><ul><li>more involvement
in decisions about safety in their buildings through engagement with their building
safety managers; and</li></ul><ul><li>a quick, clear route to escalate safety concerns.</li></ul><p>These
proposals have been shaped by our Residents’ Reference Panel members, who are residents
of high-rise buildings, and our call for evidence, which has helped us to identify
best practice in how residents and their landlords, or their building managers, can
work together to make sure that their buildings are safe.</p><p>We want to hear residents’
views on these proposals, and we will be engaging with people who live in high-rise
residential buildings over the summer to gather feedback as part of the consultation.</p>
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