Housing association that failed to treat mould in Awaab Ishak's home stripped of £1m government funding
The housing association that failed to treat mould and damp in Awaab Ishak's home will be stripped of £1m new government funding, Michael Gove has announced.Coroner, Joanne Kearsley ruled last week that RBH, which owns and manages the Freehold estate where Awaab lived, should have carried out repairs on the property when it knew about mould.The housing association's Chief Executive, Gareth Swarbrick has since been sacked, after facing mounting pressure for him to resign.
Close monitoring of RBH tenancies will continue to be undertaken by the government, who will work with the Regulator and Ombudsman to ensure tenants have appropriate housing. Greater Manchester, including Rochdale and surrounding councils will be given £2.3m to increase the use of fines where a landlord is found to have committed an offence.
The M.E.N has teamed up with housing charity, Shelter, to launch a petition calling for Awaab's Law, which as of 6pm on Wednesday- November 23 - more than 119,736 people have signed. Awaab's law - sign the petition Awaab Ishak died aged two after living in a damp and poorly ventilated flat led to him suffering heart and lung failure.
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