A man has received just £520 in compensation from a housing association after his grandmother passed away in a mouldy flat. Michael Poole first alerted Orbit Housing Association to the issue almost five months before 95-year-old Pamela Brown died, the Mirror reports.
The devastated grandson says a leak from the flat above caused extensive water damage to his gran's bathroom in September 2021 and led to the growth of black mould. Michael, 41, said the weight from the water coming through the wall pushed down on the support bars for the elderly in the bathroom, caused the medicine cabinet to fall off the wall and resulted in water coming out of the shower socket.
He said Pamela had been healthy for her age but died on January 22, 2022, with pneumonia listed as the main cause of death. The housing association wrote to Michael apologising for the delay and offering him the measly £520 payout.
