A family whose baby has been hospitalised six times due to extreme damp and mould in their cramped flat could finally be moved after a protest forced the council’s hand.
More than 60 members of south London campaign group Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth (HASL) – including families with young children – occupied Lambeth Council’s housing office on Friday over what they say is a failure to to help vulnerable tenants in the private renting sector.
The family of seven have been living in the one-bedroom flat in Lambeth since 2017. The damp and mould issue started in 2019 and is now so severe all family members are forced to sleep in the living room.
