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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Nick Sommerlad & Stephen Topping

Landlord of boy, 2, who died from mouldy home investigated over cases of damp

The landlord of two-year-old Awaab Ishak who died of mould exposure is under investigation over multiple cases of damp and mould.

The Housing Ombudsman’s probe into Rochdale Boroughwide Housing follows three “high or medium risk” complaints from tenants about damp and mould.

The Mirror visited the Freehold Estate, where Awaab died in 2020, and found families still living with chronic mould and damp two years after the tragedy.

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