The government plans to roll out two special schemes to help to former residents of Grenfell Tower and nearby Grenfell Walk to buy their own homes both inside and outside the borough, in addition to the statutory Right to Buy scheme.

The former residents received a letter signed by communities secretary James Brokenshire and Kim-Taylor Smith, the head of Kensington and Chelsea council – where the Grenfell block in which a fire killed 72 people two years ago was located – outlining the two additional options.

One option allows the social housing tenant to purchase a share in the home they now live in, while the other assists them to buy outright a home “anywhere in the country, other than the home you currently live in”.