A petition was launched calling for a new law to prevent any more children dying from damp and mouldy social housing needs 20k more signatures to be debated in Parliament.
It comes after the shocking and harrowing death of Awaab Ishak, who died in 2020 after mould and damp was left untreated at his Rochdale home for years. Awaab's Law, a campaign set up by out sister title, Manchester Evening News, and the charity Shelter, would compel housing associations not to allow any other child, or anyone else, to live in uninhabitable conditions like the toddler suffered for so long. You can sign the petition here.
The two-year-old died as a direct result of prolonged exposure to damp and mould at the one-bedroom flat he lived at on the Freehold housing estate, ruled coroner Joanne Kearsley.
