A Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) worker saw Awaab Ishak's pregnant mum 'visibly distressed' a month before her son's death - but failed to escalate the issue. The worker instead believed the mould at her home was 'a standard repair', weeks before tragedy unfolded, a new report has revealed.
It's one of a series of revelations made in the damning report on RBH published by the Housing Ombudsman today (March 28). The report follows a special investigation into RBH made in the wake of Awaab's inquest last November.
Awaab died aged two in December 2020 following prolonged exposure to mould at an RBH flat on the Freehold estate, in Rochdale. Following his inquest, Awaab's family described their son's coughing fits that would 'sometimes last two to three days', while they felt 'absolutely trapped' in a flat which 'made his coughing worse'.
