Residents of south London block face £2.6m fire-safety bill

Oyster Court in Southwark doesn't meet height threshold for bailout in wake of Grenfell Tower disaster

Nurses, teachers and post office workers are among those facing crippling fire-safety bills which they believe could reach 85,000 each despite only owning a fraction of their homes.

Housing association Optivo this week told key workers in shared ownership properties in Oyster Court in Southwark, south London, that they faced a combined 2.6m bill to fix problems including combustible cladding, wooden balconies and missing firebreaks.