{"id":49007,"date":"2023-03-10T15:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=49007"},"modified":"2023-03-10T15:14:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:14:01","slug":"watch-sheffield-council-flat-besieged-by-mould-issues-leads-to-tenant-claiming-hes-developing-health-problems-as-a-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/10\/watch-sheffield-council-flat-besieged-by-mould-issues-leads-to-tenant-claiming-hes-developing-health-problems-as-a-result\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Sheffield council flat besieged by mould leads to tenant claiming he&#8217;s developing health problems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A mould-infested council flat is causing a Sheffield man to suffer with severe health problems, he claims.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Russell Fowler, who lives in Keating House just behind London Road in Sheffield, told us how he\u2019s been in hospital twice with pneumonia and hasn&#8217;t shaken a cough for months &#8211; symptoms he blames on the mould growing in his flat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since December 2022, mould has developed at an alarming rate across Russell\u2019s flat, and he told us: \u201cI wouldn\u2019t even have a dog living here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Fowler contacted the council for help but they said it would be months until an engineer got out, making Russell feel like \u2018a mug\u2019 for paying his rent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Green Party Councillor and Chair of the council\u2019s Housing Committee, Douglas Johnson, said that the general issue of mould and damp stemmed from a lack of funding from the Government, and the council would work hard to help Mr Fowler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more in our video report below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sheffield council flat with mould issues leads to tenant claiming he&#039;s developing health problems\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AvdkELXA07g?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mould-infested council flat is causing a Sheffield man to suffer with severe health problems, he claims. 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