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22.03.2024 - 03:41 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A family of eight has been stuck in a two-bed home that has been blighted by problems for months.
Matthew Brooks and his partner Paige Deloughrey live in social housing with their six children and had their lives turned upside down recently when they had to move out due to the damp and mould problems they have faced. Although the mould has now been treated, the family says there are still traces of the dampness that caused it previously, and they want out.
The basic problem they have is that the home is not equipped to deal with eight people living there, and to describe it as cramped would not go far enough.
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Things came to a head at the end of January when the family spotted more damp and mould creeping up their walls, which they reported to their landlord.
After a surveyor came round to assess the situation, just over a month later Matthew and his family were put up in temporary accommodation by landlord Rochdale Boroughwide Housing - the same housing association which managed the property where tragic tot Awaab Ishak died.
Matthew credited RBH with taking swift action in response to their situation, but believes the work done previously has led to ongoing problems that are literally just being painted over.
The two parents were left in fear for their childrens’ safety when their seven-month-old baby Ellen-Rose was hospitalised with breathing problems for the seventh time in her short life recently. Each hospital admission has been linked to breathing problems related to their house conditions.
A letter from a health visitor at Northern Care Alliance backs up his point by stating her respiratory problems are “felt to be a result of the
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