"It's horrible": Family-of-five share beds inside overcrowded Manchester flat

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A mother-of-four has described how her and her children are sharing beds in an overcrowded flat. Omosivie Eze is trying to move out of her two-bedroom apartment in Newton Heath, which she has described as “horrible” for her four children.

The 35-year-old has applied for a four-bedroom house from Manchester City Council but fears she could face a long wait to be rehomed.

The family moved into the private rented property in 2018 – the only home they could afford at the time. Omosivie sleeps in one bedroom with two children while the eldest are forced to share a bed in the second room. READ MORE: 'Send nudes or I'll burn your house down...' woman's terrifying ordeal after being stalked by her own neighbour The single mum says the lack of space is driving her family to breaking point and she is losing sleep over the ordeal.

She says that her 15-year-old son finds their living situation so distressing he has threatened to run away from home. Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Omosivie, who lives in the property with her children Emeka Junior, 15, Chiamka, 11 Ogechi, nine and Adaora, two, said: “He shares the same bed as his sister.