A two-year-old boy died after being exposed to damp and mould on a Greater Manchester estate. Awaab Ishak died just over a week after his second birthday.
His family had been complaining to Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) over the state of their upstairs flat for years - even before he was born. A pre-inquest review heard how Awaab's death was linked to the conditions he was living in.
Scarcely anyone knew of Awaab's death outside his family and official circles. But after the Manchester Evening News learned of the tragedy at a pre-inquest review, we went in search of his family. The journey taken, by M.E.N reporter Stephen Topping, would uncover a discomforting story of life in modern Britain - where too many families live in fear of their own homes.
