【BBC】Resident left with damp and mould for 28 months

A council left a tenant living in a damp and mouldy home during a 28-month "cycle of inspections and delays", an investigation found.

Slough Borough Council left those inspections incomplete and despite knowing that the property's windows caused the damp and mould, it failed to replace them, the Housing Ombudsman (HO) found.

The resident told the HO one of their children suffered frequent asthma attacks and that they were bullied at school because their clothes smelled of damp. The council did not respond at that time.

A council spokesperson said it was sorry for the delays and for the "distress and inconvenience caused".

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