Family-of-six are forced to leave their home after an infestation of mould spreads throughout their house and into their LUNGS
- Family forced to leave home after mould spread throughout their whole house
- Rose Singh said she became very ill from the mould and now takes medication
- She said Queensland Housing Commission failed to eradicate the mould
A family-of-six have been forced to leave their home after an infestation of mould spread through their entire house and affected their lungs.
Brisbane mother Rose Singh had been living in public housing with her five children when water began leaking through her walls and windows.
She told Yahoo 7 that the Queensland Housing Commission (QHC) failed to properly fix the leaks and consequently mould began to spread into a number of rooms.
Within months she was forced to send all of her furniture to the tip, blaming the QHC for not dealing with the mould in her Manly West house.
Brisbane mother Rose Singh (pictured) and her five children were forced to leave their home after mould spread throughout their entire house causing them to become ill
'It doesn’t matter how many times they fixed it, it would still come down through and flood, I had mould in my lungs, growing in my lungs, I was that ill,' she told the publication.
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Ms Singh claims she now needs daily medication as a result of the mould, while her children are suffering serious health issues of their own.
'I had aches, pains, headaches, sinuses,' Ms Singh's 13-year-old daughter Rabia told Yahoo 7.
'She’s only 13 and she’s had to have many days off school,' Ms Singh added.
Ms Singh claims she is still being asked to pay rent, despite moving her family out to live on the floor of her mother's house last month.
A spokesperson for the Department of Housing and Public Works told Yahoo it was 'committed to ensuring all public housing is maintained to a standard consistent with community expectations.'
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the Department for further comment about Ms Singh's allegations.
The mould had spread throughout the entire house forcing the family to sell every piece of their furniture (stock image)
