A two-year-old boy tragically died due to the black mould in his home deemed 'unfit for human habitation'
A two-year-old boy tragically died due to the black mould in his home deemed "unfit for human habitation", an inquest has heard. Awaab Ishak had celebrated his second birthday just a week before died from a respiratory condition in December 2020, Manchester Evening News reports.
"The evidence from this inquest quite clearly showed that this issue is not simply a Rochdale problem. Nor is damp and mould simply a social housing problem." "We allowed a legal disrepair process, widely used in the housing sector, to get in the way of promptly tackling the mould. We must make sure this can never happen again."
A health visitor also contacted RBH to raise concerns over the mould in July 2020. An inspection was carried out later that month, which found that mould in the kitchen, bathroom and a bedroom cupboard all needed treatment.
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