Single mum withholding her rent after living in damp Johnstone council flat for 11 years

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A single mum has insisted she is "at her wits' end" after living in a damp Johnstone flat for 11 years.Janice Anderson, 48, said she no longer knows where to turn and is withholding her rent from Renfrewshire Council after enduring ongoing problems with water coming into her property in Ladeside Drive since 2011.Over the past week, her two-bedroom flat has been flooded and damaged flooring has been ripped up, while her elderly and disabled neighbour has had to evacuate his home.But Ms Anderson - who usually pays £400-a-month in rent - has said this is not a new issue and she has reached breaking point, with the situation now affecting her physical and mental health.Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here.Both she and her 20-year-old daughter Lauren are asthmatic and Ms Anderson is scared she will lose her job after having to call in sick for work on several occasions in recent weeks.The council has offered her temporary accommodation elsewhere in the town while the problems are fixed.But after already being decanted to another property a few years ago because of similar issues, Ms Anderson has insisted she does not have time to keep being moved around while trying to work 12-hour shifts and look after her daughter, who has temporarily moved out because of the constant problems including mould in her bedroom.Ms Anderson - who does factory work during the week and is employed at a social club at weekends - said she will not accept anything less than an offer of permanent alternative accommodation.She said: "I just do not know what to do anymore.

This has been going on for 11 years."They have offered me temporary accommodation in Howwood Road or Cartside but I’m a single mum