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Housing secretary committed to ‘Awaab’s law’ to improve experiences of those living with mould and damp

The Housing Secretary is committed to an ‘Awaab’s law’ to improve the experiences of those living with mould and damp in their homes.

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing, which owns and manages the Freehold estate where Awaab Ishak lived, has been stripped of a £1m government grant after the housing association was found to have failed to fix the mould which led to the two-year-old's death

Gove is set to travel to Rochdale later today

It comes after the Housing Secretary wrote to every English council leader and social housing provider to warn that such deaths must not happen.

Councils get money to crack down on rogue landlords

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing criticised after Awaab Ishak died from black mould exposure

Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) has come under intense criticism following the toddler's tragic death

Housing chief Coun Danny Meredith has written to the organisation saying he and council leader Neil Emmott want to help ‘deliver life-saving improvements’

A two-year-old died after exposure to mould in his house in Rochdale. We must ensure no other family suffers like this, says Christian Weaver of Garden Court North Chambers

Rochdale Borough Housing admitted it was wrong after it was slammed for appearing to try to blame Awaab Ishak'family for the mould