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about the mould in 2017 and was told to paint over it. His father and mother, who moved to the UK from Sudan in 2016 and 2017 respectively, said they had "no doubt at all" that they were treated poorly "because we are not from the country and are less aware of how the systems in the UK work". In June
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in his home which had "inadequate ventilation and was not equipped for normal day-to-day living activities which led to excess damp and condensation". Awaab's death led to a change in the law, known as
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widely used in the housing sector, to get in the way of promptly tackling the mould". On 19 November 2022, Swarbrick was dismissed as chief executive of the housing association by its board.
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