In the shadow of Grenfell, tenants are living with damp, mould and rats – there’s no faith in politics without a safe home | Joe Powell

Since being elected as MP for Kensington and Bayswater last year , I have been contacted more about housing than any other issue.

More than half of people who get in touch with my office want my help with housing problems.

The scale of the problem is enormous, and the damage is having a real impact on people’s lives.

Joe Powell is the Labour MP for Kensington and Bayswater in west London .

He hopes to restore trust in the institutions meant to serve and protect us.

If families feel unheard, ignored and forced to live in unsafe conditions, it erodes faith in democratic system.

If local and national governments can't deliver something as basic as a safe home, people will lose faith in democracy.