Tenants on east London estate revolt over damp and mouldy homes

Residents say the landlord and its contractors usually offer only temporary fixes of washing and repainting walls, which leaves fungus to reappear. Photograph: handout

A historic housing association is facing a revolt from tenants who are tired of living in cramped, damp and mouldy homes that some say are damaging children’s health.

Residents of Evelyn Court estate in east London are calling on the Industrial Dwellings Society (IDS) to fix their homes after years of complaints about mouldy walls, and damaged furniture and clothes. The first Lord Rothschild was among philanthropists who founded IDS in 1885.