A family has described how a long battle to fix issues with damp and mould in their home has left them angry and frustrated

Dean and Jo Bradley live in a Yorkshire Housing-run property on Sycamore View, Keighley, with their 13-year-old son Ajay. The family claims the property has been plagued by mould spores and damp for about three years. Social housing provider Yorkshire Housing has issued an apology, admitting the company had “taken longer than we’d have liked”…

Britain’s Housing Shame: A story of shocking conditions and tenants’ despair at a lack of action

For the past six months, ITV News Political Correspondent Daniel Hewitt has been travelling the country uncovering the shocking conditions being endured by some people and families living in social housing – homes owned and run by local councils and housing associations. In a documentary – Surviving Squalor: Britain’s Housing Shame – to be broadcast…

Freezing residents caught up in cladding crisis in Salford feel ‘invisible’ after rent hike

Residents living in “freezing” flats after flammable cladding was removed from their blocks say they feel “invisible” after they received confirmation that their rent is being increased. The nine apartment blocks in Pendleton, Salford, have been plagued with problems for years. All towers – Beech Court, Holm Court, Hornbeam Court, Malus Court, Plane Court, Salix Court, Spruce…

Collapsed ceilings, mice and mould: Appalling conditions uncovered on housing estate of 500 homes

The UK’s biggest housing association has admitted it has failed tenants after an ITV News investigation found widespread disrepair and squalid conditions across an entire housing estate of nearly 500 homes. Clarion Housing issued an apology to all its residents of Eastfields Estate in Mitcham, south London, admitting that they “had not had the service…

Cold comfort for Salford residents struggling to stay warm after unsafe cladding was removed

Families are facing skyrocketing heating bills and struggling to stay warm after unsafe cladding was removed from a tower block and has not yet been replaced. Residents at Salix Court and Holme Court in Salford had their buildings stripped fourteen months ago. But the cladding had acted to retain the heat in the building and now it…