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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

UN experts raise concerns over homes rented out by English social landlord

Mould on the internal walls of the flat
Sanjay Ramburn’s family experienced four ceiling collapses, as well as severe damp and mould that affected their health. Photograph: Sanjay Ramburn

UN experts have said that one of England’s biggest social landlords appears to have systematically failed to ensure the habitability of its rental properties.

In a letter to the UK government, they cite the case of a disabled tenant, Sanjay Ramburn, 55, who they say lived with his family of five in an L&Q group property in Forest Gate, east London for several years with no electricity. They experienced four ceiling collapses, as well as severe damp and mould that affected their health.

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