A comprehensive review of social housing stock in Bury is taking place in the wake of two-year-old Awaab Ishak’s death in a mouldy and damp flat in neighbouring Rochdale. Toddler Awaab died in December 2020.
His father, Faisal Abdullah repeatedly complained to his landlord Rochdale Boroughwide Housing about the issue. Housing secretary Michael Gove said it was ‘unforgivable’ and has pledged to hold landlords to account. The Manchester Evening News has joined Awaab’s family in calling for legislation to stop further deaths caused by mould in homes,
At meeting of Bury Council, leader Eamonn O’Brien set of the borough’s response to the tragedy and the measures being put in place to review social housing in Bury saying at this stage he had not been made aware of similar poor housing.
