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The Latest Breaking News from Awaab Ishak

Family of boy who died from mould in flat call for housing board to resign

Awaab Ishak’s family say they have no confidence in the board of Rochdale Boroughwide Housing

The Guardian - UK

West Dunbartonshire say tenant safety a priority after mould caused death of two-year-old

Housing officers have moved to reassure tenants about their safety in the wake of the tragic death of Awaab Ishak in Rochdale, and urged anyone with concerns to contact them

Glasgow Live

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After little Awaab's death the government is now promising change. It can't come soon enough

More than 120,000 have now signed our petition calling for a change in the law that would compel housing associations not to allow any other child, or anyone else, to suffer in damp and mouldy social housing

Manchester Evening News

Michael Gove has no ‘confidence’ in housing association in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death

Housing secretary committed to ‘Awaab’s law’ to improve experiences of those living with mould and damp

The Independent UK

Gove has no ‘confidence’ in housing association in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death

The Housing Secretary is committed to an ‘Awaab’s law’ to improve the experiences of those living with mould and damp in their homes.

The Independent UK

'I was horrified' - photographer exposes severity of Britain's substandard homes infested with mould

Marc Davenant was welcomed into the deplorable homes of many struggling families across the country, where he was able to capture the true extent of their despair

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Historic town centre building could be turned into flats

Built in the early 1800s, it was originally a ‘high status’ detached home for a middle class family.

Manchester Evening News

'Housing in Rochdale needs investment': Andy Burnham asks why £1m pulled following Awaab Ishak death

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, which owns and manages the Freehold estate where Awaab Ishak lived, has been stripped of a £1m government grant after the housing association was found to have failed to fix the mould which led to the two-year-old's death

Manchester Evening News

Tens of thousands of rented homes 'at least' feared unsafe to live in, Michael Gove admits

Cabinet minister's admission comes just a week after a coroner ruled two-year-old Awaab Ishak died in 2020 after prolonged exposure to mould.

Daily Mirror

Tens of thousands of homes unsafe, says Michael Gove

Levelling up secretary’s comments come days after coroner said death of toddler Awaab Ishak was caused by exposure to mould

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove says 'tens of thousands' of properties are unsafe after tragic case of Awaab Ishak

Gove is set to travel to Rochdale later today

Manchester Evening News

Mum demands action on 'mouldy and damp flat' after daughter, 4, taken to hospital

A frightened mum who fled to Birmingham to escape domestic abuse has demanded her council take action on her mouldy flat as medics warn its making her two kids sick

Daily Mirror

Michael Gove warns tens of thousands of homes unsafe in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death

The Housing Secretary stripped the association that rented the mould-ridden flat of £1 million of funding.

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The Independent UK

Gove warns tens of thousands of homes unsafe in wake of Awaab Ishak’s death

The Housing Secretary stripped the association that rented the mould-ridden flat of £1 million of funding.

Evening Standard

Michael Gove admits ‘at least tens of thousands of UK homes are unsafe to live in’

Two-year-old Awaab Ishak died due to black mould in the flat he lived in with his parents in Rochdale

The Independent UK

‘Tens of thousands’ of rented homes in shoddy condition, Michael Gove admits

Housing secretary asked if he is ‘embarrassed laying out those statistics’ - 12 years after Tories came to power

The Independent UK

Gove strips housing association’s funding after Awaab Ishak’s death due to mould

It comes after the Housing Secretary wrote to every English council leader and social housing provider to warn that such deaths must not happen.

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The Independent UK

Michael Gove strips £1m funding from landlord after boy’s death in mouldy flat

Councils get money to crack down on rogue landlords

The Guardian - UK

Michael Gove cuts funding to Rochdale housing association where child died

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing criticised after Awaab Ishak died from black mould exposure

Manchester Evening News

Housing association that failed to treat mould in Awaab Ishak's home stripped of £1m government funding

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has come under intense criticism following the toddler's tragic death

Daily Mirror

Photographer who captured slums of 60s fears current housing crisis will only get worse

With the country facing the biggest drop in living standards since 1956, photographer Nick Hedges warns deplorable scenes like he photographed decades ago could haunt us again, following the death of Awaab Ishak who lived in horrific conditions

Daily Mirror

Inside UK's social homes from hell - plagued with rats, mould and crumbling walls

Families across the UK have exposed the mould, damp and disrepair they've been forced to endure living in under social housing and council landlords

Manchester Evening News

Awaab Ishak: Rochdale council bosses want a place on housing association board

Housing chief Coun Danny Meredith has written to the organisation saying he and council leader Neil Emmott want to help ‘deliver life-saving improvements’

The Guardian - UK

Awaab Ishak’s death shed light on a social housing scandal. Now we have a brief chance to fix it

A two-year-old died after exposure to mould in his house in Rochdale. We must ensure no other family suffers like this, says Christian Weaver of Garden Court North Chambers

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