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Some tenants can now force landlords to make their home liveable. What about the thousands who can’t?

Awaab’s law imposes new duties on those who own social housing. Millions who rent privately, or are in temporary accommodation, remain unprotected, says housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa

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Mould, mice and floods of raw sewage: why is so much social housing unsafe?

Our social housing is still riddled with hazards, and residents tell me their living conditions feel like ‘torture’. What will it take for the government to step in, asks Kwajo Tweneboa

The Guardian - UK

Our Country in Crisis by Kwajo Tweneboa: Social housing in Britain is broken — this book shows the human cost

The housing activist’s new book is a clarion call for urgent change in policy and perspective

Evening Standard

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When social housing policy leaves children bereaved and homeless

Letters: Readers respond to an article that lays bare how relatives can find themselves evicted after a death in the family

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Cockroaches, leaks and asbestos – my living conditions were shameful. So I named and shamed the culprits

When I shared complaints about my housing on social media, they went viral, and I began hearing from people in similar circumstances. It changed the course of my life, writes Kwajo Tweneboa

The Guardian - UK

Prince William Continues Mission To Address Homelessness In Sheffield

Prince William continues his mission to address homelessness in Sheffield, receiving support and funding for housing initiatives.

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GUAP Gala founders on creating London’s answer to the Met Gala

Exclusive: Ibrahim Kamara and Jide Adetunji on launching UK’s first Black-led fashion extravaganza, which attracts the great and good from the world of British creativity

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Friday briefing: The dire state of Britain’s social housing – and how to stop the rot

In today’s newsletter: Poor quality housing impacts the life chances and even the health of thousands – so why is it allowed to continue?

The Guardian - UK

Social housing activist compelled to decline MBE as crisis ‘should not exist’

Kwajo Tweneboa, known online as Kwajo Social Housing, said he was offered to become an MBE last month but made the decision to decline the title.

The Independent UK

Revealed: How Britain’s squalid housing crisis hits Black and Asian tenants hardest

Special Investigation: Mould covering windows and walls next to sleeping children. Ceilings collapsing feet away from tenants. Complaints ignored, evictions threatened. Nadine White hears the stories that lay bare the plight of non-white renters across the country

The Independent UK

Meet the social housing activist campaigning for tenants' rights in the UK

Our Observer, Kwajo Tweneboa, didn't become an activist by choice. Instead, he began campaigning for tenants' rights after living in a London council house for years with his dying father and two sisters. After watching his father being cared for by nurses in a flat that was infested with cockroaches,…

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Social tenants urged to speak out against 'rogue landlords' in wake of Awaab Ishak case

Residents urged to complain about damp, mould and disrepair

Manchester Evening News

TV tonight: a deeply disturbing documentary about Andrew Tate

An interview with the influencer whose misogynistic views have gained him thousands of followers. Plus: more excrement examined in Know Your S**t. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Crackdown on poor social housing named Awaab's Law after boy who died in mouldy flat

The father of young Awaab Ishak - who died after living in a mould-infested flat - hailed plans to change the law and said public support 'stopped us feeling alone during this hard time'

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Social housing 'getting worse and worse' with cockroaches, mice, damp and mould, MPs hear

Housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa told MPs he went to one home where there was 'about an inch and a half deep of raw sewage' - as MPs grill the housing regulator about the death of Awaab Ishak that was caused by poisonous mould

Evening Standard

Number of problems in social housing ‘only seem to be getting bigger’, campaigner warns

Activist Kwajo Tweneboa said more tenants were reaching out to him for help with their social housing situations

France 24

'They should be treated like human beings,' says British activist campaigning for tenants

Our Observer, Kwajo Tweneboa, lived in appalling conditions in a London council house for years, along with his dying father and two sisters. But he has turned this difficult experience into a powerful drive for change. Today, he travels up and down the UK visiting substandard homes and documenting the…

Daily Mirror

Inside family's horror home with mould, mushrooms and sewage seeping through its walls

Kwajo Tweneboa, a campaigner fighting injustice in social housing, shared the videos as he said the family in North London first raised the issues with Islington Council last December

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Former children’s commissioner warns of prejudice against social housing tenants after Awaab Ishak’s death

Anne Longfield said case should be a ‘defining moment’ for Britain

Manchester Evening News

'We moved into a second-hand caravan after our rent doubled'

Lauren Collier and James Winterbottom, who have two children, just couldn't afford the sudden hike in the rent for their Leigh terrace

Daily Mirror

Renting in crisis as cost DOUBLES and tenants face eviction leaving some suicidal

Almost one in seven tenants have been told their rent is going to increase, according to the homelessness charity Shelter, leaving many people across the country drained and exhausted

Wales Online

Traps catch 1,000 cockroaches a week at infested flat

A single mum has endured the problem for 10 years

Daily Mirror

House with 'worst' cockroach infestation where mum traps THOUSAND a week and kids scared

Each week Danielle's traps collect over a thousand cockroaches and have invaded drawers and appliances such as the hob which means the mum cannot cook or prepare food

The Guardian - UK

Scam-busting, stunts and social media – the consumer champions fighting the cost-of-living crisis

Recently, fighting for consumer rights has become more important than ever. Money heroes Joe Lycett, Jack Monroe, Holly Smith and Kwajo Tweneboa explain what inspired them

Evening Standard

Housing activist ready to ‘shake up Westminster’ after national award win

Judges hailed young activist Kwajo Tweneboa at the Sheila McKechnie National Campaigner Awards as the ‘Marcus Rashford for the social housing world’

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