Awaab Ishak

What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions
RENTING

What is the Renters’ Rights Bill? All you need to know about Labour’s plan to end no-fault evictions

The Renters Reform Bill is dead, long live the Renters’ Rights Bill. Can Labour’s plan to fix the broken private rented sector succeed where the Tories failed?

Meet the ‘activist lawyer’ who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould
Awaab's law

Meet the ‘activist lawyer’ who fought for justice for a toddler who died from damp and mould

Barrister Christian Weaver represented Awaab Ishak’s family during the inquest that changed housing nationally. As Awaab’s Law comes into force in the social housing sector and is on the way in the private rented sector, he tells the Big Issue it’s an important legacy for the Rochdale toddler’s family

Tenants of TV star Stephen Mulhern left ‘living with damp and mould for two years’
Exclusive

Tenants of TV star Stephen Mulhern left ‘living with damp and mould for two years’

Catchphrase and Deal or No Deal presenter Stephen Mulhern apologised and said he would fix damp and mould after being confronted by Big Issue

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould
Technology

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis
General election 2024

Labour manifesto: What we learned about Keir Starmer’s plan to end the UK’s housing crisis

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Awaab’s Law: Why the government is forcing failing landlords to fix social housing more quickly
Baroness Jane Scott

Awaab’s Law: Why the government is forcing failing landlords to fix social housing more quickly

UK housing is worst value for money of any advanced economy: ‘We are a joke’
Housing

UK housing is worst value for money of any advanced economy: ‘We are a joke’

It’s a ‘surprise’ more homeless children haven’t died in temporary accommodation, charity says
Homelessness

It’s a ‘surprise’ more homeless children haven’t died in temporary accommodation, charity says

Social housing at ‘breaking point’, housing ombudsman warns
Social housing

Social housing at ‘breaking point’, housing ombudsman warns

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases
Renting

Some renters are put off asking their landlords for repairs out of fear of rent increases

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and ‘third-world poverty conditions’, government told
Housing

Protect tenants from living in mould, damp and ‘third-world poverty conditions’, government told

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home
Housing

Outrage after one-year-old baby hospitalised six times due to damp and mould-ridden rental home

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints
Social housing

Awaab Ishak: Toddler’s death from mould leads to record social housing complaints

The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster
Awaab Ishak

The disturbing parallels between Awaab Ishak’s death in Rochdale and the Grenfell Tower disaster