Family living in charity accommodation for 16 months because 'mould-hit house is unliveable'

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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. READ MORE: Climate activists deflate tyres on SUVs in south Manchester suburb with notes left on windscreens Kara, 23, told the Manchester Evening News : "My heart breaks for them.