What is black mould and what health problems can it cause?
The fungi are common in homes, with babies and young children most at risk from potential dangers.
Death of two-year-old from mould in flat a ‘defining moment’, says coroner
Awaab Ishak died in 2020, eight days after his second birthday, following ‘chronic exposure’ in Rochdale.
Streetwise: Portsmouth woman’s heartbreak as foam insulation scam leaves her home virtually worthless
When Susan Brameld agreed to have spray foam roof insulation installed in her Hilsea home little did she realise she’d opened the door to a nightmare which left it virtually worthless.
‘Slugs go up and down the mouldy walls’ at North London flat plagued by damp and flooding
A family renting under one of London’s biggest housing associations claim they have been left to live in “inhumane conditions” and are forced to sleep in the living room as the bedrooms are plagued by black mould and damp. Nadia Aitbelaid and her family were placed in temporary accommodation last week after heavy rainfall flooded…
Tenants’ despair and politicians’ disdain: Britain’s slum crisis
STEVEN DOWNES on the television documentary being broadcast on Sunday night which seems certain to shock the nation and pour shame on Croydon Council all over again You might think you couldn’t be shocked any more. But you’d be wrong. Watching Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame, the ITN documentary being broadcast on Sunday night, much of the…
Britain’s Housing Shame: A story of shocking conditions and tenants’ despair at a lack of action
Inn March we filmed with Fransoy Hewitt and saw the dreadful conditions her family was forced to live in. Credit: ITV News/Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame For the past six months, ITV News Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt has been travelling the country uncovering the shocking conditions being endured by some people and families living in social…
Revealed: the rise in housing disrepair claims
New figures gathered by Inside Housing show how housing disrepair claims against social landlords have been rising over the past few years. Grainne Cuffe reveals a breakdown of the figures, why claims are on the rise and what can be done to halt this concerning trend. My little boy is still sharing a room with me –…
Legal proceedings against Hitachi capital finance results in Aquashield roof coating customer receiving £7,529.76
A customer purchased roof and wall treatment from Aquashield They arranged finance for the customer through hitachi capital finance. The customer purchased the roof and wall treatment for the purpose of preventing heat loss. A supposed benefit of the aquashield product. Expert evidence supplied by consumer reclaim clearly demonstrated that the product did not prevent…
Payment Protection Insurance Newsflash
The High Court ruled today against the banks in a challenge brought by the banks over new regulations to control the selling of payment protection insurance (PPI) to borrowers The new regulations not only apply to new policies sold after the beginning of December, but also to complaints relating to cover before the new regime…