Imagine that your home was harming your child. I'm sat in the podcast studio, a couple of letters, and some photos in front of me. The photos are of the black mould in someone's home. It looks as if someone has taken a tin of black paint and started stippling the corner of the room. It must extend two, maybe three feet up the wall and a similar

distance along it. I mean, it is the worst case of black mould that I have ever encountered. But then

the next set of photos are of a child's cot, mouldy again, but so mouldy that the varnish is

blistered off the exterior of the cot and inside, again, those dark

rorschach shapes that you get when mould gets into bedding. And of course, this has had an effect

on the residence of this house, particularly the youngest. A doctor's letter from August of this year,

Frankie is getting symptoms of runny nose, cough and breathing difficulties when she is in the

house, which resolve when outside.

She was recently admitted to hospital with extreme breathing difficulties.

Another letter from a health visitor also from August of this year.

It would be recommended that the family could move to a home where dampen moulds are not an issue.

That is the situation that Natasha still finds herself in and will be

hearing more from her a little later. But the reason that black mould is resonating with you as you

listen to this episode is because of course of the recent coroner's inquest into the death of two-year-old

Alab Ishaq in 2020 after, as the coroner discovered, prolonged exposure to the mould in his house

that his parents rented from a housing association. Simply put, why are people living in such

terrible conditions? And could there be, God forbid, another child dying needlessly?

I'm Neil Patterson. And this is the Sky News Daily.

So in this episode, I'll be speaking to Richard Blakeway, the housing ombudsman for England, asking him why this problem has not been addressed. He, in fact, gave evidence

in the inquiry into AWAB's death. I'm afraid it's deeply distressing to say this, but I think the reality is that there is a real risk that this could happen again.

But first, let's turn her attention to Natasha.

Now, she lives with her partner and three young children.

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