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Our Observer, Kwajo Tweneboa, lived in appalling conditions in a London council house for years, along with his dying father and two sisters. But he has turned this difficult experience into a powerful drive for change. Today, he travels up and down the UK visiting substandard homes and documenting the conditions on social media. His campaigning is making a difference.
In January 2020, Tweneboa watched his father, who suddenly became terminally ill with oesophageal cancer, die. He spent his last few days being cared for by nurses in a flat that was infested with cockroaches, mice, rats and asbestos. It had no ceiling in the main room and mouldy walls. “The nurses struggled to look after my father, as the flat had no lights and the tiles were falling apart. And our landlord simply didn’t care,” the 24-year-old told us.
Tweneboa said that for 18 months, he had repeatedly asked Clarion, Europe’s largest housing association, for repairs in the south London flat – but that his calls went unanswered. As a last resort, he posted a thread of pictures of the squalid flat and the other homes in his estate on Twitter. Clarion repaired the flat and 500 other homes on the estate.
‘Not even animals should be living in these conditions’
Ever since, Tweneboa has been posting videos from the dilapidated properties of different tenants – in social housing and low rent private properties.
TikTok video in which Tweneboa shows the worst housing conditions he has seen in 2022.
I’ve been into homes that have been flooded with raw sewage, I’ve seen countless rat and cockroach infestations and hundreds of mouldy homes. You name it, I’ve seen it. I’ve had thousands of people contact me across the country, sending me pictures of their homes and the awful experiences they’ve had trying to get them fixed.
Not even animals should be living in these conditions. It’s…
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