Rochdale Boroughwide Housing has appointed East Thames boss Yvonne Arrowsmith as its interim chief executive, following crticism over the death of a toddler in one of its properties. 

Arrowsmith, who has been a non-executive director at One Housing Group since 2018, will oversee changes at RBH needed after a two-year-old died from exposure to black mould in one of the landlord’s houses. The furore over the death led to the sacking of previous chief executive Gareth Swarbrick last month