Three weeks on from the Grenfell Tower fire and hundreds of residents are still living in emergency accommodation after refusing offers of temporary housing.

The authority responsible for managing the relief operation, the Grenfell Response Team, has confirmed 139 offers of housing have been made but only 14 have been accepted.

There are 19 families who asked not to be contacted, some are too traumatised or are out of the country.

Prime Minister Theresa May promised to offer good quality temporary accommodation to all those displaced within three weeks, a deadline which runs out on Wednesday, and a target the Government says has been met.

Those on the ground in North Kensington paint a different story.


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Image: Antonio Roncolato says he feels 'taken for a ride' by the Prime Minister

Antonio Roncolato and his son, Christopher, lived in a flat on the 10th floor for almost 30 years.

On the night of the fire Antonio was trapped for more than five hours before being rescued by firefighters.

"I tried to leave a few times but the smoke was too thick," he said.

"Christopher was outside the whole time watching and keeping me updated on the phone with information from the firefighters. I was terrified but I also knew I had to remain focused."

Antonio and Christopher are currently living in their second hotel, after refusing two offers of temporary accommodation because it was too far out of the borough or simply not suitable.

"We want a place we can call home. There is no point in the Prime Minister making promises, it needs to be realistic and sincere. We feel like we've been taken for a ride."

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Sue Caro is one of many volunteers campaigning on the behalf of the residents of Grenfell.

She is part of the group Justice for Grenfell and said finding more permanent accommodation is a matter of urgency.

She told Sky News: "The trauma these families have experienced has been compounded by the way they have been treated and where they've been housed.

"We've heard of one woman living in a hotel room with no window, or no fridge, and families having to walk to the one official help centre to get food and money. It's just not acceptable."

Amy Jean-Charles has also been helping families.

She goes to the official assistance centre by the Westway Sports Centre every day to pick up supplies and provide support.

She said: "When I come here to the help centre, the food bank it's fine, but at the hotels there is no way of heating up dinners or putting food in a fridge.

"Families have to keep going out and they just want to be settled. It's a mess that needs sorting."

Sid-Ali Atman has lived in a hotel since the disaster

Campaigners say finding a place to call home is vital for all those displaced by the fire so they can begin to grieve.

There are currently 80 people who are still unaccounted for and presumed dead.

"We know we are the lucky ones," said Antonio.

"Because of negligence from a high level, people died. We see families who have had their lives destroyed, who have lost loved ones and they look at you and you can tell they don't know what they are looking at. It's going to take forever to heal."