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Gove warns tens of thousands of homes unsafe in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death

The Housing Secretary stripped the association that rented the mould-ridden flat of £1 million of funding.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove admits ‘at least tens of thousands of UK homes are unsafe to live in’

Two-year-old Awaab Ishak died due to black mould in the flat he lived in with his parents in Rochdale

Evening Standard

‘Tens of thousands’ of rented homes in shoddy condition, Michael Gove admits

Housing secretary asked if he is ‘embarrassed laying out those statistics’ - 12 years after Tories came to power

The Independent UK

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Gove strips housing association’s funding after Awaab Ishak’s death due to mould

It comes after the Housing Secretary wrote to every English council leader and social housing provider to warn that such deaths must not happen.

The Independent UK

Michael Gove strips £1m funding from landlord after boy’s death in mouldy flat

Councils get money to crack down on rogue landlords

The Independent UK

Michael Gove cuts funding to Rochdale housing association where child died

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing criticised after Awaab Ishak died from black mould exposure

The Guardian - UK

Housing association that failed to treat mould in Awaab Ishak's home stripped of £1m government funding

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has come under intense criticism following the toddler's tragic death

Manchester Evening News

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Photographer who captured slums of 60s fears current housing crisis will only get worse

With the country facing the biggest drop in living standards since 1956, photographer Nick Hedges warns deplorable scenes like he photographed decades ago could haunt us again, following the death of Awaab Ishak who lived in horrific conditions

Daily Mirror

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

Awaab Ishak: Rochdale council bosses want a place on housing association board

Housing chief Coun Danny Meredith has written to the organisation saying he and council leader Neil Emmott want to help ‘deliver life-saving improvements’

Manchester Evening News

Awaab Ishak’s death shed light on a social housing scandal. Now we have a brief chance to fix it

A two-year-old died after exposure to mould in his house in Rochdale. We must ensure no other family suffers like this, says Christian Weaver of Garden Court North Chambers

The Guardian - UK

Landlords of flat which caused boy's death had over 100 mould complaints last year

Rochdale Borough Housing admitted it was wrong after it was slammed for appearing to try to blame Awaab Ishak'family for the mould

Daily Mirror

Petition calling for 'Awaab's law' in memory of little boy killed by mouldy flat tops 100,000 signatures

Launched by the Manchester Evening News and housing charity Shelter, Awaab's Law would compel housing associations not to allow any other child, or anyone else, to live in the uninhabitable conditions like the toddler suffered for so long

Manchester Evening News

Landlord admits it made assumptions about family in mouldy Rochdale flat

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing says ‘we got that wrong’ after two-year-old killed by exposure to mould

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Residents in tears on the street after teenage boy hurt in 'serious assault' near school

People were seen in tears following the incident

The Independent UK

Housing association admits it was ‘wrong’ to make assumptions after boy’s death

Awaab Ishak died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom housing association flat in Rochdale.

Manchester Evening News

Mum dies two days after Nottingham house fire that killed her two children

Police have been given another 36 hours to question a 31-year-old man on suspicion of killing the family

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Awaab Ishak: Housing association admits making 'assumptions about lifestyle' of his family

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing have outlined a series of changes

Evening Standard

The Standard View: Join our appeal to help Londoners living on the breadline

We’ve given it a one-size-fits-all name: the cost-of-living crisis. But hard economic times hit everyone differently. A lucky few are blissfully unaffected. Many millions are forced to cut back on treats or trade down to budget brands. Others — people we live near and work with — are facing impossible…

Daily Mirror

Judi Love's heartbreak as son ended up in intensive care due to damp social housing

Judi Love has now spoken out about how her 11-year-old son was seriously ill after developing breathing problems due to the damp social housing, as she reflected on two-year-old Awaab Ishak's tragic death

Evening Standard

London council failed to ensure thousands of social homes were safe

A London council has admitted “indefensible errors” were made by failing to ensure thousands of its social homes were safe to live in.

Daily Mirror

Single mum terrified for son, 3, after 'developing asthma from mouldy home'

Macy Tyler, 22, lives in a Redbridge Council-provided flat in Basildon, Essex where conditions are so bad she reportedly says she'd rather live on the street than spend any more time there

Liverpool Echo

Awaab's Law: Petition needs 20k more signatures for Parliament debate

Awaab's Law is calling for better regulation of the social housing sector following the toddler's tragic death

Manchester Evening News

Andy Burnham backs Awaab's Law campaign as 82,000 sign petition

'Good safe housing should be a human right'

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