Poor housing linked to high Covid-19 death rate in London borough

Inquiry says poverty and overcrowding in Brent create ideal conditions for the virus Coronavirus - latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Appalling housing conditions and crippling rents in one of the UK's poorest boroughs helped turn it into a hotspot of Covid-19 deaths, according to a poverty inquiry that examined links between local inequalities and the pandemic. The Brent Poverty Commission, which had been running for two months when Covid-19 struck, said chronic overcrowding and wi...