What an unimaginable situation…
16.03.2023 - 09:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A mum-of-one says she and her seven-month-old baby have been left in freezing conditions amid claims the windows and doors of her property won't shut properly.
Olivia Ashworth, 20, claims her young daughter is constantly sick with a cold, and says she's having to waste hundreds of pounds a month on heating her home in Whitefield.
She moved into the maisonette in August last year, and claims she's made repeated attempts to contact her housing association, Onward Housing, to try and get the problem sorted.
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Video footage from inside the mum's house shows her able to run her fingers underneath the doors and between the gaps in her windows - which she says is making the house unliveable.
After being contacted by the M.E.N, Onward Housing apologised and say since they were made aware of the issue, they have contacted Ms Ashworth and have arranged a date to carry out the repairs.
"I've been asking for someone to look at it since I moved in," she said, speaking to the M.E.N. "It constantly feels like I have my windows open, they are basically hanging off.
"I have a young baby living with me and it's so cold. I am constantly having to take her to the doctors with a cold and my house is always stocked up with Calpol.
"I'm sick to death of having to sit in a freezing cold house. It's beyond a joke and the housing association don't seem to care about the conditions we are living in."
The mum claims Onward Housing sent someone to look at her property a few weeks ago, and was informed that work was booked in for March 1. But later that day she claims she got a call saying the contractor was sick.
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