A mum forced to wash herself and her children under the stairs states that her council home is not suitable for her six kids, including one with cerebral palsy.
Rebecca Kotwi, aged 36, has been living in a three-bedroom council property for almost ten years with her children who are aged between three and 18.
Rebecca, from Kitts Green in Birmingham, says that the house is in desperate need of repairs and is not fit for purpose, as reported by Birmingham Live.
One of Rebecca's children has the lifelong condition cerebral palsy, which affects both movement and coordination.
He requires downstairs living but his mum claims housing officers from Birmingham City Council have ignored her repeated requests for repairs to be completed.
The problems include a build-up of mould which has left her walls "crumbling away" and the large family having to bath under the stairs.
Birmingham City Council apologised for the issues around the alterations and said it would carry out improvement works.
Rebecca told how she had been in touch with her MP and councillor to try and get the issues sorted.
"It's awful," she said. "I need a move but there are no houses for me to move into.
"They have just walked out and left me. I've got nowhere with them. I've done everything that I can and it has fallen on deaf ears."
When Birmingham Live visited the home, they filmed a part of Rebecca's damp wall crumbling away in her hands.
She said an inspector had come out to the property a number of years ago but walked out "without doing any work".
Now, she is stuck washing her disabled son in what she calls "a hole in the wall".
"The housing said they would come out and repair my bathroom and my kitchen for me and I contacted occupational therapy to get the property assessed. He does need downstairs living.
"Basically I'm bathing him in a hole in the wall," she said.
She added: "The house is just too small for me and my six children, it's a three-bedroom property and there is just no space at all.
"I've tried to get an advocate to help with these situations because when I try and phone the council I get passed from pillar to post and nobody wants to know.
"I just can't take it any more living in this property in these sorts of conditions."
Rebecca described the situation as "horrific" and said she was being blamed for fitting the bath when it was the council who did the work.
"The housing people asked how I'm living like this," she went on.
"I can't move my sofa because of the mould and the wall is also covered in mould.
"They have left me in the lurch."
A spokesperson for Birmingham City Council said: "We apologise for the issues associated with mould and historic alterations in the property and we are dealing with this.
"We are also undertaking improvement works to change the bathroom to a wetroom to meet the child’s needs.
"In addition, we are working with and supporting the tenant in regard to her longer-term housing needs."
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