Wildfire victims still in hostels six months later
Describing it as an "awful day", the councillor was just nine weeks into her role when the fire broke out on 19 July as temperatures reached a record 40C .
She added: "As a councillor you want to put things right and you haven't got the power or the money or the knowledge or whatever it is to help everybody.Sophie Woods has been living in a hostel with her family for the last six monthsShe said she was told to go back to renting privately, but had not been able to because renting "at the minute is so extortionate, we can't afford it".
"It's really hard with two young children in one bedroom, they said they were going to help people from the fire, but it doesn't really seem like they've done that."Residents Dave and Robbie, who did not want to give their surnames, had most of their garden, with various outbuildings such as a bar and pool house, go up in smoke.
"But this would never have happened if there were fire breaks. Where you've got residential property backing onto fields, you've got no protection.Havering Council leader Ray Morgon said he hoped the demolition would help families move on
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