A mother housed in temporary accommodation in Bristol says antisocial behaviour there has left her family "petrified".
Sue* claims the emergency housing Bristol City Council has placed her and her child in is "unsafe", and that the authority has been unable to find her an alternative.
That's despite her allegedly "begging" to go elsewhere because her child can "hear fights and smell drugs all the time," she says.
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Bristol City Council has been approached for comment by Bristol Live, but is yet to respond.
'Sue', whose real name and location has been withheld for her protection, has called the situation "diabolical and disgusting".
She says she is not allowed visitors and feels her and her child are "at risk all the time".
She says her child's school has also contacted the council raising concerns about the living situation, but "nothing has been done."
"We were sent [here] at the beginning of the month," she said.
"I fought with the council about bringing me into a place with drug use and fights."
She said her child is "petrified".
"I've begged them to move me out but they keep on saying we've got nothing," she added.
Sue says she has to stay at the property until she is moved into another flat in a few weeks' time.
But while she lives there she and her child are "at risk," she fears.
"I can't believe they would put a child in here. I can't stay here any longer.
"We are in the same room and there is no privacy, it's not good for my child.
"My mental health is deteriorating."
*Sue: Not her real name
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