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Michael Gove tells landlord L&Q: ‘You have failed your residents’

Social housing landlord ordered to pay tenants compensation after findings of severe maladministration

The Guardian - UK

Landlord L&Q told to pay out to tenants after finding of severe mismanagement

Ombudsman says there was maladministration in tackling disrepair and complaints received dismissive responses

The Guardian - UK

Elderly woman died of hypothermia after call to housing association about faulty boiler was unanswered

Sylvia Pollitt died in her housing assocation bungalow 13 days after reporting the fault

Evening Standard

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We’re trapped by the cladding scandal and can’t find a way out

We urgently need to sell, but our block is exempt from the government scheme

The Guardian - UK

London living rent: scheme offers renters without deposits a way to save to buy a home

Homes in the London Living Rent scheme are priced according to average local income, giving tenants more opportunity to save a deposit

Evening Standard

'City village' where 'kids as young as 6 get high and heroin injected in stairwells'

Residents told of seeing children taking laughing gas in the communal areas and people taking Class A drugs on the stairwells at their housing development in north London

Daily Mirror

Housing association tenants complain of giant rats, raw sewage and health problems due to mould

More than 15,000 complaints about disrepair were made to a watchdog, with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould

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'We're living in a raw sewage and rat-infested hell - we fear for our kids'

Worried housing association tenants have made more than 15,000 complaints in the last three years

Manchester Evening News

Giant rats and raw sewage 'hell' spark fear for kids' health due to mould and damp

A Sunday Mirror investigation has revealed there were 15,000 complaints about disrepair with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould

Daily Mirror

Housing association L&Q subjected me and my terminally ill mother to a 15-month ordeal

After the group failed to repair our flat, we were shunted around hotels and serviced apartments

The Guardian - UK

Mum says children's health at risk in mouldy flat from hell where 'mushrooms sprout out of cracks'

Pregnant Skye Joseph, 31, says she fears for her children's health after years of living in a flat plagued by mould. She also claims she's forked out thousands of pounds replacing items damaged by the issue

Daily Mirror

Mum fears for safety of her children in mould-ridden flat

Skye has three children and is expecting another

Wales Online

Girl's heart-breaking Christmas wish is a warm bath after family left without hot water or heating for 3 months

A mum was left heartbroken at her daughter's simple wish after the family was left without hot water or heating for three months

Wales Online

Disabled woman forced to use stick from wheelchair to clean toxic mould off roof

A disabled woman says she has been forced to use a long reach stick to clean the toxic mould and damp on her ceilings ever since she reported a leak six years ago

Daily Mirror

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Daily Mirror

Inside UK's social homes from hell - plagued with rats, mould and crumbling walls

Families across the UK have exposed the mould, damp and disrepair they've been forced to endure living in under social housing and council landlords

Wales Online

Disabled women say they are having to live in rat and mould-infested flats

'I've got rats, I’ve got mice, I can't sleep. I'm so depressed'

Daily Mirror

Disabled women trapped in rat and mould-infested flats say 'we can't take this any more'

Two wheelchair bound women living in the same block in North Kensington, London, have been living with disrepair has hit out against their landlord as they say they are being discriminated against

The Guardian - UK

Shared ownership: a low-cost way to buy a home – but is there a catch?

It is touted as a cheaper way to get on the property ladder, but there can be drawbacks. We weigh up the pros and cons

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The Guardian - UK

‘Infuriating’: building of Cambridgeshire new town threatens wildlife habitat

Construction of thousands of new homes has sucked away groundwater, killed trees and emptied ponds

Daily Mirror

Family use bucket as toilet in home they say is infested with fleas and rats

Demi who lives in Newham with her two daughters - including one that is disabled - has said that her current housing conditions have caused her "anxiety, depression and panic attacks" over the last three years

Evening Standard

Shared ownership in London: how I bought my first home using the part-ownership part-rental scheme

Pedro Embalo used shared ownership to buy his first home in Bexley. Here’s how he did it.

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