While it is well known that the food we consume, and even the exercise we do, can impact our gut health – did you know that a mouldy home can affect it too? One study from 2021 found that exposure to ...

Military families have been speaking out about their poor accommodation, with reports of mould, leaks and broken heating systems. One family living in Wiltshire, who wished not to be named, said their ...

Councils have warned they will be forced to cut the building and maintenance of social housing, or even sell off properties, due to a lack of funding to meet new laws to fix damp and mould. Local ...

The poor state of Australia’s residential, and particularly rental, housing stock is attracting increasing attention. This week it has been reported many renters are living in unhealthily cold and ...

Rental properties are more likely be mouldy than other homes. This is a concern as excessive mould growth is known to harm human health. Once buildings are infested with mould, the difficult and ...

A fifth of people who have lived in damp, cold or mouldy homes said they or someone they lived with had respiratory symptoms as a result of the hazards, a survey has revealed. Fifth of households that ...

More than one and a half million children in England are living in cold, damp or mouldy homes, according to estimates from charity Citizens Advice. Around 2.7 million households are living in drafty ...

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