Housing ombudsman in England calls to re-establish link between housing and health
by Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6J1MA)
Exclusive: Richard Blakeway says parts of social housing sector have reached breaking point
The housing ombudsman in England is calling for an independent royal commission to reimagine the future of social housing" and re-establish the link between housing and health.
Richard Blakeway, who handles thousands of tenants' complaints about mistreatment, disrepair, discrimination and squalor, said that parts of the social housing sector had reached breaking point, with residents desperate and neglected.
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