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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

Ombudsman expedites three investigations into landlord after toddler’s death

The housing ombudsman is expediting three investigations into the landlord of a two-year-old boy who died after suffering prolonged exposure to mould in a housing association flat.

Awaab Ishak, two, died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in the one-bedroom flat where he lived with his parents, Faisal Abdullah and Aisha Amin, in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

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