HOUSING charity Shelter is setting up a high-profile commission to scrutinise social housing in Britain.
The homelessness charity has launched the project after concerns about the treatment of social tenants were brought into focus by the Grenfell Tower disaster last June.
The Rev Mike Long, from Notting Hill Methodist Church, which sits at the foot of Grenfell Tower, will serve as chairman of the commission, running until October, the charity said. Members will oversee research with social housing tenants, an online public consultation and roadshows across the country. They include Doreen Lawrence, mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence, former Labour leader Ed Miliband and peers Sayeeda Warsi and Jim O'Neill.
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