The petition calling for a new law to prevent any more children dying from damp and mouldy social housing has reached 80,000 signatures in just five days. It follows the horrifying death of little Awaab Ishak, a toddler who tragically died in 2020 after mould and damp was left untreated in his Rochdale home for years.
Launched by the Manchester Evening News and housing charity Shelter, Awaab's Law would compel housing associations not to allow any other child, or anyone else, to live in the uninhabitable conditions like the toddler suffered for so long.
You can sign the petition here.
