'Mouldy home is making me ill. I worry another bout of pneumonia will kill me'

AN NHS worker is suing his housing association over claims a mould ridden flat has destroyed his health and left him hospitalised with pneumonia.

- BY NEWS REPORTER

The shocking case highlights the plight of thousands of Scots forced to live in substandard and unsafe accommodation, often paying sky-high rents.

Tony Blair spent 19 days in hospital after being diagnosed with pneumonia in 2019. He was hospitalised again for two weeks in 2021, before coming down with pneumonia again last year.

His bouts of ill health and worsening asthma came after he moved into his Glasgow flat, owned by Queens Cross Housing Association, in 2017.

Tony, a catering assistant at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, noticed fungal mould caused by dampness on his bedroom and living room walls which began to spread. The 57-year-old grandad repeatedly raised the issue with his housing association and on at least four occasions workers scraped the wall and painted it, only for damp patches to return days later.