Brent council moved the family into the single hotel room last year after seeing the appalling state of her housing association property but the mum has claimed the new room is also covered in mould and they have been without hot water for five months.
Candy Cole, 37, was moved into the single room in Queen’s Park in September of last year – alongside her son, 15, and four-year-old daughter - due to the severe levels of damp and mould in her Willesden flat.
Brent Council said that it has advised Candy to allow the necessary works to be carried out and, whilst this is being completed, it is actively looking for alternative emergency accommodation for her.
There is a shower in the single room that the family share but there has been no running hot water coming out of either the shower or a tap – which is also in the room.
She said that she thought Brent Council would have found the family something more permanent by now and claims the situation has really impacted their mental and physical health.
