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HOUSING CONDITIONS ON THE BEECHDALE , WALSALL.
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14/01/2024
As new laws come into force meaning landlords must act upon poor housing conditions, take a look in Walsall, Beechdale, where the mould doesn't want to move out.
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So Elaine we're just here in Beechdale and it's fair to say there's a lot of
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issues with a lot of the properties here on the estate. Just fill us in on what's
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been going on Elaine. Yes there are a number of properties on the estate where
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Longhurst have been dealt with repairs, there's maintenance issues and as in this
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house that I'm in at the moment there's a huge lot of black mould. We know there's
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more tenants out there and the people on the estate have had enough and have set
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up a committee and a tenants association called the Beechdale Residents
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Association. We're going to be having a big meeting on the 17th of January about
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it for people to come along and share their issues and take it forward.
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What's your role in all this then? Do you live on the estate? I don't live on the
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estate. I stood to be a local councillor in the last three elections but wasn't
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elected. I found out that people had these issues and because I care about how
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people live I've started helping them with their housing complaints and we
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have taken things forward to set up this association and the people just want
01:00
something done so they can actually live in decent accommodation and have their
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estate back. I mean especially you know it's quite topical as well isn't it?
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Particularly the mould issue with the new legislation is it that's coming in
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saying housing associations will have to kind of act upon it and that and we've
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just got behind you, it's your house isn't it? What's your name madam? My name's
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Teresa. Teresa and there's you, your partner and your daughter as well that lives here.
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So she uses the stairlift doesn't she? And we can see I mean just to the right
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of the camera there you've got mould running all throughout your house
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haven't you? Yes. And you've had people around and what's been the answer? Am I
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right in saying they've said oh we're just basically going to paint over it?
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That's all they keep saying. Yeah. There's an issue in the back with the trees
01:49
isn't it that's become too large? Yeah. And there's some thought that obviously that
01:54
potential trees like that can sometimes affect drains and sometimes that can
01:59
then have caused damp issues. But have they, what have they said it needs doing?
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What have they actually said to you? They haven't really said what needs doing, they've just said like
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they was going to do the part at the bottom like they never said what they're
02:11
going to do. Yeah. Have they managed to pinpoint a cause of all the mould running
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through the house? No. No? So what's I mean you know this is where you this is
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your home is your sanctuary. Yeah. How does it feel for you with your
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family living here? You know. Disgusting because like I say you know I need to
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get it decorated I can't wait like this and I've got a disabled daughter. Yeah. So yeah
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you were saying there's no point in you trying to paint anything when mould's just coming through. No.
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And are you happy that if they paint over it's gonna resolve it? No it's just
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gonna come back. Yeah. So this is what's the Residents Association? It's called
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the Beechdale Residents Association. Yeah. And the Housing Association needs? The Longhurst.
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Longhurst. And so have you come across quite a few properties on the estate that are
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having issues then? I have been to a few other people have actually written down
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for me when I've dealt with complaints what their issues are and we know that
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there's many many more. Yeah. And yeah Theresa it's just I guess it's just not
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pleasant is it? You go to bed in a room where you look up and there's mould on
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the ceiling and everything yeah. Yeah. And what's erm. And we keep coughing and that. So you even
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noticing it on that level like yeah? Yeah. So I guess what you want is not a
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liquor paint you want a solution to the problem.
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