The Group
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| Originally published | 1954 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary McCarthy |
| Page count | 378 |
| Publishers | New American Library |
| LC Class | PZ3. M1272 Gs |
| Genres | Novel |
| Fiction | |
| Albums | The Group |
| The Group (feat. Randy Brecker) | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2199211 |
About The Group
The Group is the best-known novel of American writer Mary McCarthy. It made New York Times Best Seller list in 1963 and remained there for almost two years.
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Dangerous tower blocks should be taken over by the government - MPs
People live in the Skyline Central 1 Tower Block (left) in Manchester said they had no option but to take you out of "life-changing" loans in
MPs urged to take over the government, residential high-rise buildings, if The Owners fail to remove dangerous cladding.
The housing Committee, said it was "deeply shocking and totally unacceptable" that around 2,000 buildings in England are At Risk still, potentially, nearly three years after the passage of fire.
The Committee wants The Work done up to December 2021, but the budget is only a third of what is needed.
The government said it was providing £1. To remove 6bn of dangerous cladding.
A spokesman added that the Minister brought in the biggest legislative changes in A Generation to ensure residents safety.
According to the latest official figures, 307 building aluminum had a composite-material panel, The Type of the Grenfell fire heats, on 14. June 2017 which killed 72 people.
However, there are also concerns about an estimated more than 1,700 building with other hazardous materials, including high-pressure-laminate-plates, which are made of paper and resin.
The government is trying to offer, to ensure the financing, the materials will be removed, since some of the freeholders, which have their own building, did nothing to their properties.
'Life-changing bills'However, the finds report by The Commons housing, communities and Local government Select Committee that, while The Owners have a legal duty to ensure that the job is done, you will not generally have a duty to pay for it, "regardless of how we feel about the morality of The Situation ".
As a result, tenant, residents in the building to "life-changing" bills.
the deputies say that, if the owner does not respond, the government should buy the building to do The Work , and to lead them to hand over their residents.
you want a national body to oversee The Process .
"Any residential building, to propose where the works have not yet started, to December 2020, there should be a mandatory order," the members of Parliament.
"The National body would step, where the congested communities are able or not to act will.
"redeveloped Once the building is to be converted to common hold and returned to the tenant," the deputies argue.
By their calculation, the government Fund the necessary work and more resources to pay for only a third will be required.
"The government is trying to find ways to fit a £3bn liability in £1bn pot of funding," The Report says.
But the Ministry of housing, communities and Local government stated that the Fund now stands at £1. 6bn and Ministers do not expect public money for the only means of building safer, with owners that pay a "significant proportion".
Some residents say they were broken "completely" by The Crisis , according to
Some were forced to pay large loans for thousands of pounds to repair, or for larger insurance premiums and fees.
Others are.
The uncertainty has prompted many owners can't sell their homes, causing huge problems for young families.
you are aware too, they live in blocks represent can be a great fire hazard, with "guards guards fires" to warn patrols introduced, sometimes encouraged by the residents.
The 550 tenants responded to the survey:
The Group says the tenant of the properties, which in Good Faith had bought and had no idea the building was a fire hazard.
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Source of news: bbc.com