At least one housing estate built using reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is still in use, openDemocracy has discovered, as the government indicates it will not pay for any improvement works on residential buildings despite emerging fears over the material.
There is no suggestion residents are at immediate risk, but the revelation will add to pressure on ministers to act to avoid what one campaigner has called a potential “cladding-style scandal in the making”.
openDemocracy has chosen not to identify the estate, in Essex, until the local council has made contact with tenants and building owners.
