A family allege they were forced to throw away over £4,000 worth of furniture, clothes and even a TV as their home was plagued by mould.
19.01.2022 - 21:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A mum forced to wash herself and her children under the stairs states that her council home is not suitable for her six kids, including one with cerebral palsy.
Rebecca Kotwi, aged 36, has been living in a three-bedroom council property for almost ten years with her children who are aged between three and 18.
Rebecca, from Kitts Green in Birmingham, says that the house is in desperate need of repairs and is not fit for purpose, as reported by Birmingham Live.
One of Rebecca's children has the lifelong condition cerebral palsy, which affects both movement and coordination.
He requires downstairs living but his mum claims housing officers from Birmingham City Council have ignored her repeated requests for repairs to be completed.
The problems include a build-up of mould which has left her walls "crumbling away" and the large family having to bath under the stairs.
Birmingham City Council apologised for the issues around the alterations and said it would carry out improvement works.
Rebecca told how she had been in touch with her MP and councillor to try and get the issues sorted.
"It's awful," she said. "I need a move but there are no houses for me to move into.
"They have just walked out and left me. I've got nowhere with them. I've done everything that I can and it has fallen on deaf ears."
When Birmingham Live visited the home, they filmed a part of Rebecca's damp wall crumbling away in her hands.
She said an inspector had come out to the property a number of years ago but walked out "without doing any work".
Now, she is stuck washing her disabled son in what she calls "a hole in the wall".
"The housing said they would come out and repair my bathroom and my kitchen for me and I contacted occupational therapy to get the property
A family allege they were forced to throw away over £4,000 worth of furniture, clothes and even a TV as their home was plagued by mould.
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