Plate-sized mushrooms have been sprouting from the living room wall in Natasha La’Bow’s council flat in Lewisham, south London. She and her son have lived with mould for years but the problem is getting worse. One day last week, she stood in the damp-reeking room and wept. “I have considered putting my kid into care but I just can’t,” she said as tears rolled down her cheeks.
Her six-year-old son has recently been diagnosed with breathing difficulties and prescribed inhalers. He runs around in a superhero costume but she will not let him in the living room without a surgical mask.
