Around 120,000 families in social housing in England have mould

Acute shortage of social housing is one reason why landlords cannot move people to safer homes

Death of two-year-old from mould in flat a defining moment'

Nicola Calvert and her five-year-old son Tristan have lived with damp in a basement flat in Hastings for three years. The mould spreads across walls and ceilings and weevils that feed off moist plaster fall into their beds, she told the Guardian.

There are rats too, but it's the damp that scares Calvert, because it worsens her son's asthma.