🔴 The boss of a housing association has sacked, days after he refused to resign over the death of a two-year-old boy exposed to mould in his family home.
“Our original instincts were for Gareth to stay on to see the organisation through this difficult period and to make the necessary changes, but we all recognise that this is no longer tenable.“Under new leadership, RBH will continue to embed these changes and to continue to drive further improvements to our homes and to our communications with tenants.
At the inquest, a coroner ruled that the two-year-old’s death was caused by prolonged exposure to mould in the flat where he lived with his mother Aisha Amin and father Faisal Abdhullah in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. “We support the Coroner and Housing Ombudsman’s call for the Government’s decent homes standard to be strengthened to include damp and mould.”
“Why did they give him their full backing after the coroner’s report and as recently as 24 hours ago? Awaab’s family said in a statement released by their lawyers on Friday: “Senior coroner Joanne Kearsley said that the tragic death of our beautiful Awaab should be a ‘defining moment’ for the housing sector.
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