A mother says she is worried for her severely asthmatic son’s health which she believes is being affected by dust from charred beams in her loft.

Lisa Dodgson, 31, of West Royd Avenue, Shipley, said her son Zach, six, was healthy when they moved in to the Incommunities house four years ago.

She said she has asked to be moved to on several occasions after she discovered the fire damage after moving in.

Letters have been sent by her doctor, at Windhill Green Medical Centre, and Airedale General Hospital, to Incommunities supporting her application to be rehoused.

Miss Dodgson said: “We sent him to his dad’s for a few days to see how he was and he was much better there. He’s been rushed by ambulance twice to the Bradford Royal Infirmary with collapsed lungs.

“I have to have the windows constantly open even when it’s cold. He’s constantly coughing. He’s deteriorating and no-one’s helping me.”

She said she wanted her application to be re-housed to be pushed through on health grounds. “My eight-month-old has started to cough a bit and I am fearing for him,” she said.

An Incommunities spokesman said: “Our maintenance team and the Council’s environmental health team have both inspected the loft space. No evidence of materials that would affect the residents’ health was found. Ms Dodgson has been informed of this.”

The spokesman added that there was, ‘very high demand’ for its rented homes with an average of more than 20 bids for each available house.

He said: “When helping people to find the right home for them we always advise that they are flexible in terms of location. We also encourage customers to consider other housing schemes such as ‘home swap’.”