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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 8 | History Defined

Family-of-six trapped in mouldy studio flat told they must wait 13 YEARS for bigger home

Mohamed Abubakar, his wife Rasha Al-Buriahi and their four children of whom the youngest is one-year-old, have to eat and sleep in the same room of their overcrowded home in east London

Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023

Toddler in mouldy flat hospitalised with pneumonia as sister 'gasps for air at night'

Mum-of-four Charlotte Green rushed her two-year-old son to hospital on Boxing Day after he started struggling to breathe, just weeks after her baby daughter was hospitalised with a chest infection

Daily Mirror · Jan 12, 2023

Council 'waiting for us to die' says mum dizzy and vomiting in flat 'riddled with mould'

Beverley Simms is urging Camden Council to re-home her as a doctor says "severe mould" is exacerbating a number of health conditions including vertigo, headaches and vomiting

Daily Mirror · Jan 11, 2023

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Mum says children's health at risk in mouldy flat from hell where 'mushrooms sprout out of cracks'

Pregnant Skye Joseph, 31, says she fears for her children's health after years of living in a flat plagued by mould. She also claims she's forked out thousands of pounds replacing items damaged by the issue

Daily Mirror · Jan 5, 2023

Dumbarton family’s Christmas 'ruined' over nightmare mould which they say hospitalised them

Mum Gemma Ewing has hit out at West Dunbartonshire Council (WDC) over black mould which she says is rife in her Overburn Crescent home and is putting the family’s health at risk.

Daily Record · Jan 3, 2023

End Housing Hell: The Mirror is calling for urgent action following the death of Awaab Ishak

Figures released last week found there are 3.4million homes that do not meet the Decent Homes Standard and The Mirror is today calling for urgent action to end the housing hell

Daily Mirror · Jan 3, 2023

Eight-month-old baby struggling to breathe in mould-ridden flat likened to 'living outside'

Mum-of-four Charlotte Green has been battling the excessive mould growing in her home since 2017 and claims the council are only offering temporary solutions.

Daily Record · Dec 29, 2022

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The Mancunian Way: The happiest town around

NHS strain ‘beyond anything’ experienced before PLUS The town voted one of Britain’s happiest

Manchester Evening News · Dec 29, 2022

Harrowing video of baby in mouldy flat 'struggling to breathe' after being hospitalised

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Mum-of-four Charlotte Green says two of her children have been to hospital due to breathing difficulties, while one of her daughters has started suffering from allergic reactions

Daily Mirror · Dec 29, 2022

"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 · Dec 29, 2022

How Sunderland tenants worried about mould and damp can report issues with new hotline

The move by Gentoo comes after recent coverage on the tragic death of two-year-old Awaab Ishak

Chronicle Live · Dec 28, 2022

Hundreds of RBH homes still have damp and mould after Awaab Ishak's death - and new boss expects the number to rise

The housing association's new interim boss gives her backing to Awaab's Law

Manchester Evening News · Dec 27, 2022

The Mancunian Way: Lives already at risk

As ambulance workers man picket lines up and down the country, one paramedic says ‘breaking point was years ago’.

Manchester Evening News · Dec 21, 2022

Mum forced to live in flat with premature baby surrounded by fluffy black mould

Asheena Davis, 42, from Cricklewood, North West London, claims she was forced to live in a flat with her premature daughter surrounded by fluffy black mould and asbestos - and is still battling to have it removed years later

Daily Mirror · Dec 19, 2022

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Liverpool Echo · Dec 17, 2022

Damp, cold and dangerous - something is rotten in our housing system

The death of a two-year-old boy because of his mould-ridden home should have been a wake-up call, but the stories keep coming, writes Liam Thorp

Manchester Evening News · Dec 16, 2022

Rochdale council wants RBH to change its name after death of Awaab Ishak so people don't confuse the two

"It’s nothing to do with us. We haven’t had that housing stock for 10 and a half years now.”

The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022

Mother having panic attacks over fears mould-ridden flat is killing her children

Racquel Bryan, 38, says she’s been complaining to Lambeth Council since moving into her flat in 2006 and is now having panic attacks over the health of her youngest sons

Manchester Evening News · Dec 15, 2022

The Mancunian Way: Towering over us

The big plan for Manchester city centre PLUS Parking fees quadruple AND The million pound home that's never been lived in

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France 24 · Dec 15, 2022

'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 · Dec 15, 2022

Probe into mould death of boy, 2, finds 'widespread failings' at housing association

A watchdog has found "widespread failings" at the housing association where two-year-old Awaab Ishak was exposed to mould and died days after his birthday

The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022

Awaab Ishak death: Rochdale housing chair to quit after damning report

Social landlord waited nearly two years to check other properties after infant died in mouldy home, says regulator

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

‘Widespread failings’ at housing association linked to Awaab Ishak’s death

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has identified hundreds of flats on the estate with signs of damp and mould, the Regulator of Social Housing said.

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Landlords told to ‘get a grip’ as almost a quarter of private rented homes do not meet standards

Figures emerge as damning report finds ‘significant’ failings by landlord of two-year-old who died in mouldy flat

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Shock figures show almost a quarter of private rented homes do not meet decent standard

Figures emerge as damning report finds ‘significant’ failings by landlord of dead two-year-old

Manchester Evening News · Dec 15, 2022

Rochdale Borough Housing downgraded by regulator after failing to act for TWO YEARS after Awaab Ishak's death

The Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) has condemned RBH for sitting on its hands for almost two years after Awaab died

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