Five reasons why Grenfell residents have yet to be rehoused

Three weeks after the Grenfell Tower fire, the vast majority of survivors are still living in emergency hotel rooms.

The Government promised to find each of the 158 affected households suitable homes by now, but while 139 accommodation offers have been made, so far only 14 families have accepted.

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So why have so many residents rejected the offers of both temporary and permanent housing, instead choosing to remain in emergency hotel accommodation?

:: Accommodation not ready

Some families have been offered new accommodation, but have so far only been given an address as the suggested property is not yet available.

Miguel Alves, who lived with his family on the 13th floor of the tower, told Sky News: "I've had the offer, but I've not had the opportunity to see it yet. It's not ready yet, and I'm waiting for it.

"I know that things take time, but stability for us is the most important thing. We want to look for something permanent in the near future.

"My kids start school in September. They did well up until now, and I don't want them to break down. It's very important, stability. My daughter asked the other day if we could go home. It was very sad for us."

:: Trauma of living in another tower block

Mahad Egal, who escaped from his fourth floor flat with his wife and two children, has criticised the Government for what he called a "poor response from the beginning".

Mr Egal told Sky News: "We have been offered a property outside the borough, that doesn't meet our requirements in terms of suitability for the children and my wife.

"It's not what we asked for. We asked for a like-for-like swap for the property we had."

The property Mr Egal was offered was within a similar tower in the borough of Westminster, but he explained: "It's traumatising to be going up flights of stairs or high-rise towers, which is the only exception in our requirement.

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"If (the council) cannot meet the requirements and specific needs of survivors then they should be honest. There is no point building our hopes, and then they collapse.

"Three weeks is enough time to do what you need to do to re-home four people."

His family is now living between friends and family while waiting for permanent accommodation.

:: Location and suitability

Antonio Roncolato and his son Christopher lived in a flat on the 10th floor for almost 30 years.

They are currently living in their second hotel, after refusing two offers of temporary accommodation because it was too far out of the borough.

"We want a place we can call home. There is no point in the Prime Minister making promises, it needs to be realistic and sincere. We feel like we've been taken for a ride."

When asked whether residents were being forced out of the area, chief executive of Southwark Council and spokesperson of the Grenfell Fire Response Team Eleanor Kelly told Sky News: "There is absolutely no push for anyone to go to any of the surrounding boroughs or to go anywhere else.

"If people want to wait to make their permanent home in Kensington and Chelsea then that's exactly what will happen."

:: Holding out for a permanent home

When asked why only 14 households had so far accepted offers of temporary accommodation, Ms Kelly told Sky News: "People are much more focused on where their permanent accommodation might be."

She said that somewhere in the order of 60 families are now on their second offer and 21 families are on their third offer of housing.

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Ms Kelly explained: "We'll continue to work our way through the properties that are available in Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster and Hammersmith and Fulham to see whether they are suitable to the families for either temporary or permanent accommodation.

"Very many of them are preferring to stay in (emergency hotel) accommodation to give themselves time to think about where they really want to go and what sort of permanent offer they want to receive."

Ms Kelly says 68 new permanent properties in Kensington and Chelsea - effectively tenancies for life - will become available at the end of this month.

:: Increased rent

Some residents are concerned about their rent going up in new accommodation, with some estimating their rental costs could increase three-fold following a one-year rent-free period.

Ms Kelly told Sky News that some residents who are rehoused could end up paying more in rent, but said support would be available to them.

She said: "It's not that they won't be paying more than they were in Grenfell Tower. Grenfell Tower only had one and two-bedroom flats, and we do know that there were issues with over-occupancy.

"That means that many families will be moving into properties that were much bigger than the properties that they had in Grenfell Tower."

She also said a financial support and benefits systems would be available "to assist people to live in the permanent accommodation that they choose".