You can replace plaster boards and radiators- you cannot replace my son.'ĭemi has requested to be moved into council accommodation, but nothing has become available yet. They have failed my son completely by leaving him here. She said: 'I don't know when the next asthma attack is going to happen or how severe it will be. She described being exhausted with worry for her son and the pain caused by her chronic pain condition fibromyalgia, which she says is made worse by having to scrub her house clean from mould multiple times a week.ĭespite the financial strain of cleaning the house, replacing furniture, running the heating and the £300 electric dehumidifier, she's most concerned for her son. She has replaced her bed twice, had two sofas and three different dining tables after they all became compromised with mould. His mother is desperate for something to be done about the houseĭue to the mould in the 11-year-old building she has had to replace the children's beds four times in four years. 'Then when I get them out to dress them they are horrible and damp.' I wash the children's clothes and put them away, all clean and tumble-dried. She said: 'Our mattresses are soaked, my furniture gets covered in mould. She keeps her heating on as much as she can given that the cost of living crisis has seen gas bills to soar, but two of her flat's radiators don't work and haven't yet been replaced. She uses bleach and black mould remover on the walls, has her extractor fan on constantly and ventilates the property daily. She has a 12-litre dehumidifier which she says fills up hourly, and places three moisture remover pots in each room which can last up to six weeks, but she says fill up in nine days. 'That's because I've spent hours constantly scrubbing it away. The single mum, who is disabled herself, has complained to Grand Union repeatedly: 'But when they come out to inspect they say there's no mould. The house appears to be infested with mould and the fittings are not completed 'You wouldn't give someone with a peanut allergy a peanut butter sandwich so how is it acceptable to leave him in this house?'
I'm having to take him to hospital about once a month because he struggles to breathe. Two-year-old Awaab Ishak was killed in 2020 by mould which riddled his social housing flat, causing respiratory failure.Īfter the inquest into Awaab's death last November, Housing Secretary Michael Gove said the tragedy should never have happened and underlined the need to ensure every landlord provides decent accommodation for tenants.ĭespite this, Demi has battled the mould problem in her two-bed flat which she shares with her nine-year-old daughter and Kyden since 2019.ĭemi has lost count of the number of times Kyden, who also has Autism and is non-verbal, has been admitted to hospital struggling to breathe.īlood tests confirmed that his allergy to the black mould is causing allergic reactions including itching skin, swollen eyes and becoming irritable, disrupting the four-year-old's sleep.ĭemi, a stay-at-home mum, said: 'He is living in an allergy. 'There's already been a young child that's died through living in damp and mouldy conditions. She said: 'I'm at my wits' end and don't know what to do. Demi Rock says she has pleaded for the mould and damp issue to be sorted
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