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Walkergate mum forced to bin food, pans and daughter's toy box as rats, mould and damp infest home

Paula Black said home where she has lived for 11 years and raised her two daughters is now somewhere she says she desperately wants to leave after mould, damp, and rats began spreading through the property

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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

Scots gran facing lung cancer fight told by doctor mouldy house 'could kill her'

Christina Anderson was given the devastating news she has lung cancer in December last year.

Daily Record

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Revealed: Over 1.6 million children live in mouldy damp rental homes

Findings come after death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak from respiratory condition caused by exposure to mould in his Rochdale home

The Independent UK

Photos show horrifying mouldy conditions caused by leak above mum's city centre flat

"I am angry"

Manchester Evening News

Glasgow letting agency 'will carry out repairs in a week' for mouldy family home after protest

Housing action union Living Rent staged a protest outside the Dennistoun-based letting agency yesterday and have since had assurances from police that repairs will be carried out in a week

Glasgow Live

Family-of-six stuck in mouldy two bed flat feel 'forgotten' as council slammed for 'lack of action'

Families in Fife have contacted MSP David Torrance for help about their mould-ridden homes.

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"Our houses aren't just embarrassing - we're worried they could kill"

An M.E.N investigation after death of Awaab Ishak in revealed the extent of problems of damp and mould at housing association RBH's properties in Freehold, Rochdale. But it isn't just Rochdale, and it isn't just RBH. Here, Jigsaw Homes Group tenants across Tameside speak of the hazards in their homes

Manchester Evening News

Mum and daughter can't sleep in bedrooms as clothes going mouldy in horror damp flat

Beverley Simms and Shenika Francis are trapped in a damp apartment that's affecting both their physical and mental health - and they say the council knew it had damp issues before they moved in

Daily Mirror

'I fear my baby's chesty cough is due to home that's so mouldy some is on her mattress'

Chloe Wilkinson, 22, says her nine-month-old daughter Gracie has had to go to the hospital on more than one occasion with a chesty cough after mould was found in the flat including the baby's mattress

Daily Mirror

Disabled woman buys tent to live in garden to escape mouldy bungalow

Donna Chatterley says she complained to her landlord about the mould issue at the start of the year and it is yet to be resolved.

Daily Record

Inside UK's social homes from hell - plagued with rats, mould and crumbling walls

Families across the UK have exposed the mould, damp and disrepair they've been forced to endure living in under social housing and council landlords

Daily Mirror

'We complained so many times about mould in our home but they did nothing to help us - now our beautiful Awaab is dead'

Awaab Ishak died after being exposed to mould in his home, managed by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

Manchester Evening News

'How does this happen?': Coroner rules Awaab Ishak, 2, died after mould wasn't treated at his home

"Awaab will - I am sure - make a difference for other people"

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Awaab Ishak's mould-hit home 'unfit for human habitation without repairs', court hears

Experts say ventilation was poor at the property

Wales Online

Quadruple amputee has to use relative's toilet due to mould problem

Danielle Bailey has an 18-month-old son

Daily Mirror

Amputee mum and baby living in mouldy house of horrors have to use neighbour's toilet

Danielle Bailey said Leeds City Council are now dealing with the mould around her toilet but the supposed "quick job" has taken longer than expected

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