Many more are out there coughing and spluttering because of their mouldy, damp and unsafe homes 🔴 According to the English Housing Survey 2.2 million homes had at least one Category 1 hazard such as damp or mould
Two-year old Awaab Ishak was killed by a respiratory condition caused by exposure to mould in his home This is Home Front with Vicky Spratt, a subscriber-only newsletter from i.
Call this case a tragedy if you want to. But it is not that. A “tragedy” is, by definition, an event such as a natural disaster which could never have been averted. Awaab’s death was entirely preventable, avoidable at every stage in the negligence which led up to it.‘Can poor housing conditions really be the fault of tenants daring to cook food, take baths or dry clothes’letter to RBH via a solicitor.
One week on from the findings of the inquest into Awaab’s death, a child is still dead. Two parents’ lives are still changed for ever. And it could so easily happen again. Many more are out there coughing and spluttering because of their mouldy, damp and unsafe homes.2.2 million homes had at least one Category 1 hazard, such as damp or mould. 941,000 had severe damp.
And let’s never forget him. Because this was Britain in 2022: a country where bad housing has become so normalised that it takes a coroner’s report for poor conditions to be taken seriously. The report also found that experience of discrimination, harassment or abuse on the grounds of race or ethnicity in housing, or in other aspects of life, appears to be associated with elevated risks of homelessness.
The Sewell Report did not consider housing or homelessness. This new research is based on statistical analyses which shows that ethnicity, migration background and discrimination do increase homelessness risks, particularly for Black people. It also found that Asian people are at highly disproportionate risk of more hidden aspects of homelessness, such as overcrowding or “doubling up” with other households.
The local council has announced that second home owners will have to pay double the amount of council tax on properties in North Yorkshire from 1 April 2024. Are you impacted by the second homes crisis? Are you a second homeowner? Please do get in touch. I’d love to chat.he housing crisis is far-reaching, there is almost nobody in this country who isn’t affected in some way. I’d love to hear from you about your housing situation. Please tell me if there’s something that you think we should be covering.
Khan and his team know more about how central the cost of housing is to the economic crisis that has been created by inflation and rising living costs than most. I caught up with him to find out how the situation has progressed since we last spoke.
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