A couple were forced to leave their home as their baby daughter was critically ill in hospital - despite never missing a rent payment.
Rebekah Gidman and her partner welcomed their daughter Ehvadnai into the world in September 2021 via an emergency C-section. But following issues with severe tongue-tie, feeding and further complications, their new-born needed specialist care.
As things deteriorated further, Ehvadnai was transferred to Bristol Children's Hospital as her tiny body was "attacking itself" - but despite the efforts of medical staff she died.
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While all this was happening, the worried parents were issued a section 21 notice, giving them just two months to leave their home, CornwallLive reports. Ms Gidman said: "She had liver failure and a million other problems.
"Her body was attacking itself, she was having multiple blood transfusions every day, she had a bleed on the brain, a problem with her neck and could only be fed by IV. She was taken off a ventilator and she passed away at Bristol after we were transferred.
"All during this time, we also had to look for a new place to live as our landlord had given us an eviction notice. We’d never missed a rent payment, even when we were both up at Bristol taking time off work."
Ms Gidman said while their daughter was on life support, they were "searching for houses", but this was made difficult being over in Bristol for hospital care. When their daughter passed away in November, they were not only grieving, but also trying to find somewhere else to live.
She added: "Even though my daughter was on life support we were searching for houses. I can't explain what that’s like. We work here in St Austell, our whole life there. We don’t drive so we need to get to work and stay here."
But they finally found a new place in St Austell, costing £1,000 a month for a three-bed flat but they "didn't have another choice". But devastatingly, the couple was issued yet another section 21 notice on June 10 while she was getting ready for work, just four months after they had moved in.
Ms Gidman told CornwallLive: "We had just started trying to pick up our lives again. They said they’re selling, didn’t say why they’re selling. Again, we haven’t missed rent, nothing. We owe nothing to anyone but we have to be out by August.
"Imagine trying to sort a funeral with nothing coming in, finding a place, not getting wages as you’re off work, losing everything you’ve saved, still coming up with a deposit and rent in advance, and then being evicted again. We didn’t even have time to grieve."
The family's future currently remains uncertain as they face uprooting their children's lives or waiting for the eviction to pass and being put into emergency accommodation.
