All news on the topic: End Housing Hell

Colin Wilson, 76, remains trapped in his upstairs flat as a staircase leading to the only bathroom is too dangerous to go down - his wife Patricia is now urging the council to act

Jai’s flat is owned by The Guinness Partnership, one of the UK’s biggest social housing providers. Boss Catriona Simons, on £300,000 a year, has a five-bed pile in a London neighbourhood beloved of celebrities

Labour's Angela Rayner vowed to fix a loophole in Government plans, compelling landlords in the private rented sector to eradicate mould and household hazards in a strict timeframe

A survey by Warm This Winter found that almost a third of people in Britain were living in homes riddled with mould or damp with conditions posing a major risk to their health

Millions face a bleak Christmas due to their living conditions. People with damp and mould in their homes are more likely to have respiratory problems, infections, allergies or asthma

A British Army veteran has hit out at the local council as he says years of flooding left his Stoke-on-Trent flat riddled with mould and blackened his furniture

Damp and mould is associated with a number of health conditions including mental and social wellbeing, allergies, asthma and the effects of toxins from mould and fungal infections

The mother says she and her five kids had to resort to eating Pot Noodles and other kettle-based foods in the hotel room, before being given a 'temporary home' with a fallen ceiling

Mum Ella Mason says that not only are the ants 'living rent-free' in the house and bringing misery to her family, but the property is also coming apart at the seams and needs urgent redecoration

Saul Gill, 49, has been living in his council flat in Hounslow, West London for more than 10 years with his three children but says the issue started six years ago

A new report by the National Housing Federation lays bare the extent of the chronic social housing shortage, with families forced to share beds, parents sleeping in kitchens or hallways, and children left without space to do their homework

Healthcare worker Tanya Hall claims the state of her home in Southall, west London, has caused her panic attacks and she fears for the health of her two children as well

Terri Harrigan's daughter, Ariella, has suffered from breathing difficulties for 'most of her life' and her mum believes it could be down to the black mould in their East London home

A Sunday Mirror investigation has revealed there were 15,000 complaints about disrepair with tenants worried about rat infestations, raw sewage and health problems caused by mould

People living in Hillport Avenue, Porthill, are asking the council to remove some 'overgrown' lime trees which they claim are damaging their cars and making them spend thousands of pounds every year

Pamela Brown, 95, had lived in her one-bed flat for 15 years and died less than five months after her grandson Michael Poole first told Orbit Housing Association about damp and mould in her bathroom

Hayden Kiley, 14, had a dead rat land on him as he was hit by debris from the collapsing ceiling. The teen was also hit by an old fan heater which came through

Seven people across three generations are living in the Dublin flat, all of whom have been on antibiotics to combat illnesses they contracted they say as a result of the damp conditions

Residents of the Heol Gwyrosydd estate in Penlan, Swansea, say the council and the police are not helping them enough. They regularly face drug dealing and rubbish issues

Aisha Hussain says her three children are suffering from health conditions due to the thick mould in their flat. She is concerned as they are planning to move this year but have nowhere to go

In December 2020, a two-year-old boy died after he was left struggling to breathe when his throat became swollen and his lungs filled with poisonous mould but so many children are still living in the same conditions

Mum-of-four Charlotte Green rushed her two-year-old son to hospital on Boxing Day after he started struggling to breathe, just weeks after her baby daughter was hospitalised with a chest infection

Figures released last week found there are 3.4million homes that do not meet the Decent Homes Standard and The Mirror is today calling for urgent action to end the housing hell