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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent

Family of tenant who killed himself over noise accuse landlord of ‘gross failings’

Mark Pearce smiling at the camera
Mark Pearce, 53, made more than 22 complaints to Clarion about the impact of neighbours’ noise on his mental health. Photograph: Family

The family of a vulnerable man who killed himself after the UK’s largest social housing landlord, Clarion, failed to address neighbour noise have accused it of “gross failings” and said his death has left them heartbroken.

The sister and brother-in-law of Mark Pearce, 56, who took his life after his noise complaints were dismissed as “whining” by the £1bn-a-year housing firm, accused Clarion of treating him as “a number … just someone who the rent was being paid for”.

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