Family living at unrepaired damp Perth flat call for action

dailyrecord.co.uk:

A family of three living and sleeping in a single room in their damp-riddled Perth flat are begging for help to find a new home.

A wet carpet in the only bedroom had to be pulled up but was not replaced after the storm in September sent water overflowing from blocked gutters through the bedroom ceiling.Aaron Milne (25) and his partner Megan Allan (28) decamped from the sodden bedroom with their son into what had been their living room.They say the kitchen has damp and they are miserable with the situation they are trying to bring their toddler Lucas (2) up in.Aaron claims Caledonia Housing Association, which manages the Tay Street building where they stay, has not responded to their concerns about the ruined bedroom carpet, leaking windows and the heat loss and mould.Aaron is asthmatic and Megan has a fractured back.

She was injured in a car crash and will be on medication for life.Little Lucas was born 10 weeks premature.Aaron isn’t working so he can assist with childcare as Megan’s back injury limits what she can do.

The couple don’t take Lucas out as much as they’d like as Megan has difficulty going down the stairs with the buggy. The couple say they are not being heard by Perth and Kinross Council over repeated requests to move somewhere where they won’t suffer overcrowding and without stairs to reach the outside. “Now I’m a dad, I feel all eaten up that I’m failing to provide for my family,” said Aaron. “It’s tough on our relationship, all being in the same bedroom.