Rubbish British housing kills

[hugebrain]

If my child was dying I might consider going back home to where he would be healthy.

If that was too much trouble, opening a window or treating the mould could have been options.

[Protagoras]

If that was too much trouble, opening a window or treating the mould could have been options.

It seems that the bathroom and kitchen had no windows or ventilation. If the mould arose from a lack of ventilation, then perhaps mould killer plus a dehumidifier would help manage the problem.

If perhaps the mould arose from structural problems allowing moisture ingress, then that would need building repairs by the landlord.

Either way, it seems to me that the landlord needed to ensure appropriate remedial action.

[hugebrain]

It seems that the bathroom and kitchen had no windows or ventilation. If the mould arose from a lack of ventilation, then perhaps mould killer plus a dehumidifier would help manage the problem.

If perhaps the mould arose from structural problems allowing moisture ingress, then that would need building repairs by the landlord.

Either way, it seems to me that the landlord needed to ensure appropriate remedial action.

Quite. Much in the same way as you would watch your child drown in a swimming pool, since it is really the life-guard’s responsibility to save them.

(or not, depends on what type of person you are)

[SueEllen]

Quite. Much in the same way as you would watch your child drown in a swimming pool, since it is really the life-guard’s responsibility to save them.

(or not, depends on what type of person you are)

Ahh another useful comment from brainless.

[SueEllen]

The social housing regulator on Tuesday ordered all landlords with more than 1,000 homes to report their most recent assessment of the extent of damp and mould hazards, action they are taking to remedy them and to detail the process they have to identify and deal promptly with damp and mould cases when they are raised by tenants.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ghwide-housing

[vetran]

The social housing regulator on Tuesday ordered all landlords with more than 1,000 homes to report their most recent assessment of the extent of damp and mould hazards, action they are taking to remedy them and to detail the process they have to identify and deal promptly with damp and mould cases when they are raised by tenants.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ghwide-housing

excellent that should shake some trees.

[SueEllen]

Even more shaking.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ere-child-died

Michael Gove is to cut off £1m funding to the Rochdale housing association where two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from prolonged exposure to black mould, saying failing providers would not get future funding.
The levelling up secretary said Rochdale Boroughwide Housing would get no further government funding from the Affordable Home Programme or receive any new contracts. Gove has been sharply critical of the association, whose chief executive refused to resign until being sacked five days after a coroner’s report.

Gove has pledged to also block new funding to other housing providers found to be failing tenants and awarded a new £14m for enforcement teams to inspect private landlords.

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Gove has written to six housing providers – Clarion, Southern Housing Group, Onward Homes, Catalyst Housing, PA Housing and Johnnie Johnson Housing – that have had recent findings of severe maladministration made against them by England’s housing ombudsman for varying problems related to cold, damp, mould, leaks and antisocial behaviour.
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Hopefully no more of these -

(Though according to minibrain and protogoras they could all wipe the mould, open a window or use a dehumidifier )

[WTFH]

If my child was dying I might consider going back home to where he would be healthy.

If that was too much trouble, opening a window or treating the mould could have been options.

Thus speaks a slum landlord.

[vetran]

Even more shaking.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...ere-child-died

Michael Gove is to cut off £1m funding to the Rochdale housing association where two-year-old Awaab Ishak died from prolonged exposure to black mould, saying failing providers would not get future funding.
The levelling up secretary said Rochdale Boroughwide Housing would get no further government funding from the Affordable Home Programme or receive any new contracts. Gove has been sharply critical of the association, whose chief executive refused to resign until being sacked five days after a coroner’s report.

Gove has pledged to also block new funding to other housing providers found to be failing tenants and awarded a new £14m for enforcement teams to inspect private landlords.



Gove has written to six housing providers – Clarion, Southern Housing Group, Onward Homes, Catalyst Housing, PA Housing and Johnnie Johnson Housing – that have had recent findings of severe maladministration made against them by England’s housing ombudsman for varying problems related to cold, damp, mould, leaks and antisocial behaviour.



Hopefully no more of these -

(Though according to minibrain and protogoras they could all wipe the mould, open a window or use a dehumidifier )

not sure cutting funding is sensible. Firing people seems to be.

[Protagoras]

(Though according to minibrain and protogoras they could all wipe the mould, open a window or use a dehumidifier )

SueEllen, What I wrote, in response to 'minibrain' was

"It seems that the bathroom and kitchen had no windows or ventilation. If the mould arose from a lack of ventilation, then perhaps mould killer plus a dehumidifier would help manage the problem."

I certainly did not mean to imply that I considered this the complete solution, and apologise if that was the impression. I was trying to suggest a management action to contain the problem (given that mould growth is impeded if RH is reduced to <70% which I suggest is 'common knowledge')

It's good to see the government taking action on this but still far too late. It's obscene to me that an organisation providing social housing has sufficient spare funds to pay a management salary of £185k.