Michael Gove: 'A wider culture of neglect' in social housing sector

Housing Secretary Michael Gove has admitted that the government has made mistakes in the social housing sector. His admission comes following our series on the death of 58-year-old Sheila Seleoane in Peckham, which went unnoticed by her housing association Peabody for more than two years. Sheila's neighbours first alerted the housing association to maggots and 'the smell of death' in 2019 - it wasn't until February 2022 that Sheila's body was found in her flat. Mr Gove told Today's Nick Robinson that some housing associations have a culture where monetary figures have been put 'ahead of the heart and soul engagement with the residents'. (Photo Credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire)