The housing estate surrounding the London tower block in which 71 people perished in a blaze is to receive a £30 million cash injection.
Residents on the Grenfell Tower estate, who have been left severely traumatised following June’s horrific blaze, will benefit from the funding after the UK Government matched the local council’s expenditure plans.
An extra £15m has been earmarked for work on the Lancaster West estate, on which the fire-ravaged block still stands, Kensington and Chelsea Council said.
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Chancellor Philip Hammond set aside £28m in the Budget to assist with the fallout from the disaster, including £15m for the neighbourhood.
The local authority announced at a meeting plans for a new vision for the estate.
The council leader Elizabeth Campbell also pledged that all survivors of the tragedy, in which 71 died, would have new homes by June, as tension ramped up over the speed of resettlement.
Those who escaped the inferno demanded “urgent action” after it emerged four out of five displaced families are facing Christmas without a proper home.
There are 103 households from the block remaining in hotel rooms.
A further 11 are in serviced apartments four are staying with family, meaning 118 remain in emergency housing.
Polly Neate, of homelessness charity Shelter, said the council “doesn’t have the affordable homes it needs to rehouse Grenfell residents quickly”.