A mum who is living crammed into a tiny bedroom with her two kids and an infestation of mice has been told she can’t move for five years.
Ellie Riches, has been sleeping on the floor of the family’s studio apartment for the last four years but has been informed by her council she isn’t eligible to move for another five years.
Ellie, who lives with with son Nathaniel, 16 months, and daughter Kenzie, five, said she and her children struggled to live or sleep in the three-room council home.
The 35-year-old there was not enough space for her children to play safely because they were forced to store their belongings on the floor and in piles in the hallway and bathroom.
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