'You see the case with the toddler in England who died with the black mould – is that going to happen to one of our kids here?'
A West Belfast man says residents in Fort Street, Forest Street and Forfar Street are coming together to try and get something done about chronic mould and dampness in their homes.
His home is a Housing Executive property and Sean said he is now helping to lead a collective response from residents in the area to try and get something done.Sean said: "At one point I was like, 'I couldn't be by myself here, there has to be dampness in all these houses'. In his own house, Sean has had to move his three-year-old boy and two-year-old girl out of their bedroom and into his, as the mould problem has become so pronounced.
"I think I speak for everybody in the street whenever we talk about how much money on gas and electric is being used to heat our homes, it's not on," he added."We're constantly trying to dry the houses out, but once you turn the heating off, it's turning into an icebox and that's every house here.Sean is calling on those in power to put policies in place to ensure the houses are developed to the extent where mould and unhealthy living conditions are not an issue.
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