Homeowners facing bills of up to £100,000 each to fix fire-trap flats have been denied Government funding – because they have the wrong type of defects.
Two blocks, where more than 200 people live, are so dangerous a 24-hour fire patrol keeps residents safe.
They have defective cavity barriers, meaning a blaze could rip through the buildings in minutes.
But leaseholders have been told their application for funding was rejected because their cladding is safe.
Residents of Millennium Point in Salford Quays (above: Jake Brammer, Paul Cuffe and Beth Charles) who face bills of up to £100,000 to fix fire-trap flats have been denied funding