In the wake of a Rochdale toddler’s tragic death, a task force looking into Wigan’s council housing is hunting for potential ‘hazards’. Awaab Ishak, aged two, suffered a cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure in December 2020, which had been caused by mould in his home.
The council, responsible for thousands of homes in the borough, are trying to avoid anything similar happening in Wigan. They have put more funding towards their housing team in order to carry out this review.
“I am sure people have received the report into the death of Awaab which is an absolute tragedy,” Charlotte Cordingley, director for housing, property and corporate assets at Wigan Council, told the Housing Advisory Panel on November 24.
