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16.09.2022 - 21:27 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A family with a disabled toddler have been living in charity accommodation for 16 months in a battle over their council house.
Mum-of-four Kara Caldecott, her partner Habid and three of their children have stayed at Ronald McDonald House since their disabled two-year-old daughter Rivaéya was admitted to Manchester Children's Hospital in May, last year.
Kara said the charity, which provides free ‘home away from home’ accommodation next door, giving families the chance to remain close to their child whilst they are in hospital, has been 'brilliant'. However Kara believes the three-bed house Oldham Council has found them is 'inhabitable', with mould, not enough bedrooms or wheelchair friendly.
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Kara, 23, told the Manchester Evening News : "My heart breaks for them. They [my children] need some stability.
"They need some normal life. Everyone else here has a base. They get to go away from the hospital and have a break and a bit of respite. My children don't get that time.
"Rivaéya requires one-to-one care and we are often not back from the ward until late at night. They are long, long days for my children."
Little Rivaéya, who has cerebral palsy, was admitted to hospital with breathing issues on May 17, last year. She then had a gastrostomy and tracheostomy on July 21 to help her breathe.
Parents Kara and Habid, seven-year-old Arlo and three-year-old Indiyah Beaux, lived in one bedroom for six months and then moved to a suite with two bedrooms before their fourth child, 12-week-old Kaizer, was born.
The family had hoped Oldham Council would find them a suitable home which would mean little Rivaéya could be
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