Eliminating Childhood Respiratory Illness in Social Housing: A Data-Driven Approach to Healthier Homes
18/11/2025
Andy Cameron-Smith
Across the UK, thousands of children are growing up in homes that make them ill. Damp, mould, and poor indoor air quality contribute to high rates of respiratory illness, placing a heavy burden on both families and the NHS. Social housing providers face the challenge daily, balancing limited budgets, ageing housing stock, and increasing expectations for health and environmental standards.
In this session, Dr Andrew Jones, Dr Abi Whitehouse, and Jenny Danson explored a bold new initiative designed to tackle this issue head-on. The goal? To eliminate childhood respiratory illness caused by poor housing conditions starting with a pilot in Tower Hamlets, one of the areas most affected by poor housing and health inequality.
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