A student clawed his way from the brink of suicide to take on Europe's biggest housing association, which left him and his neighbours living in mice infested social housing with flooded rooms, collapsed ceilings and creeping mould.
Housing warrior Kwajo Tweneboa, 23, lived in a converted garage before moving into permanent accommodation provided by housing association Clarion. He studied for A Levels on the floor of the mice-infested home he shared with his dad and two sisters. His books and furniture were destroyed when his bedroom flooded, but he said the housing association dragged its feet as he asked for repairs for over a year. He said: "It was a complete living nightmare. You just felt like you were screaming at a brick wall, like no one was listening to what you're saying."
Kwajo hit the worst point in his life when his dad died of cancer while still living in a home "not even fit for animals". He said the housing association robbed him of his ability to grieve, so he funneled that energy into championing the rights of social housing tenants. A viral tweet caught the eyes of ITV News, who spent two weeks filming on Kwajo's estate where some neighbours lived in even worse conditions, including one with a 27-year mice infestation she'd tried to tackle with cement she mixed in her flat.
