'We complained so many times about mould in our home but they did nothing to help us - now our beautiful Awaab is dead'
The family of Awaab Ishak has accused the housing association which failed to tackle mould at their home in the months before his death of racism. Coroner Joanne Kearsley ruled that the two-year-old died after prolonged exposure to mould at their home, on Rochdale's Freehold estate, leading to fatal breathing difficulties.
But workers never asked the family directly about this, and Mr Abdullah told the court his family showered, and such 'rituals' were not in his family's 'culture'. Ms Kearsley also criticised advice first given to Mr Abdullah to 'paint over the mould' in 2017, when he had never experienced the issue before.
"We cannot tell you how many health professionals we've cried in front and RBH staff we have pleaded to expressing concern for the conditions ourselves and Awaab have been living in. We shouted out as loudly as we could, but despite making all of those efforts, every night we would be coming back to the same problem. Nothing was changing.
"We were anxious and fearful of what the mould was doing to Awaab. Whenever friends would come to visit, they would tell us that the conditions RBH were keeping us in 'were not right'. "We would like to say a huge thank you for all the advice and support Farleys Solicitors and Christian Weaver of Garden Court North Chambers have given us throughout this difficult process. We would also like to thank HM Senior Coroner for carrying out such a thorough investigation into our son's death.
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