Have you lived in a rental property that was freezing in winter, only to be sweltering in summer? Maybe you know someone whose home had mould, or was so hot in summer they had to move.... Whatever your reason for supporting the campaign, we'd love to know.
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I lived in a home with no heating or cooling with my junior-primary aged son. The doors had large spaces under them so you could not use a heater and animals would regularly come to live with us. In summer, all my candles melted. In winter, we rugged up in jumpers and blankets and pretended to be camping.
Despite looking for the positives, it was a very unhealthy way to live. My son could not sleep alone because the house was so cold and damp, it gave him asthma. Added to that was the black mould.
The changes in temperature led to condensation in the ceiling and on the walls, creating a black mould that could not be killed. The real estate agent wouldn’t respond to it, saying it was my fault for not turning on the shower fan (the mould was throughout the home, not in the bathroom only) I didn’t have enough money to leave so my child this every day.was exposed to this for 3 years.
Now we live in a healthy home and he has not had asthma since. Everyone deserves to grow up without being exposed to this unhealthy environment.
If anyone in our society suffers we all suffer directly or indirectly
Good accommodation promotes better health
Physically & mentally
Especially important for children & their development & the elderly
Without it
the individual suffers
Families suffer
Communities suffer
There is a huge drawdown on government services especially health services
Changes must be legislated as many owners are only interested in their own pockets