Coroner's findings in the case of two-year-old Awaab Ishak showed exposure to mould to be the cause of death. Official figures estimate over 50,000 council houses in the capital now have issues with damp and mould. JessicaMCUre | politicslondon |
A housing association that rented out a mouldy flat to Awaab Ishak's family has apologised for making "assumptions about lifestyle" when handling complaints.
The family said they had "no doubt at all that we were treated this way because we are not from this country and less aware of how the systems in the UK work". The court also heard from Richard Blakeway, the Housing Ombudsman for England, who said in general terms, there were some social landlords who took an approach which was "outdated, ineffective, sometimes dismissive, with an overemphasis on blaming lifestyle and placing responsibility on the resident".
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