The huge scale of how widespread damp and mould has been on Awaab Ishak's estate has been revealed. The toddler died two years ago, on December 21, 2020, following prolonged exposure to mould.
Over the summer, the Manchester Evening News spoke to other families on the Freehold estate in Rochdale, which is owned and managed by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). They described similar conditions at their homes, with stubborn battles against damp and mould, and children suffering breathing issues.
That investigation prompted RBH to inspect every property on the estate, with the findings now revealed by the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH). It says that as many as four in five properties were affected by damp and mould that RBH was unaware of - with the worst cases amounting to a 'category one' hazard.
