
A social landlord responsible for the home where toddler Awaab Ishak died following severe mould exposure claimed mould was “acceptable” in refugee tenants’ homes.
A damning report by the housing ombudsman for England, Richard Blakeway, found that Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) tenants were judged by staff members with “prejudices, lazy assumptions and an attitude towards asylum seekers and refugees that is wholly unacceptable”.