Our family of 4 is forced to sleep on living room floor in four-year battle over terrifying home…we’ve lost everything
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A SINGLE mum has revealed how she “lost everything” in a four-year battle over her "terrifying" home. Tanya Hall, 42, says she was forced to call social services on her autistic son after their living situation became too “unsafe”. Explaining how the family has “lost everything” due to mould and damp, the healthcare assistant said her baby "doesn’t have a voice”.
![[Healthcare worker Tanya Hall has told how her home was destroyed by mould]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/d334dfac-afd3-48a6-87e0-25265176a785.jpg?strip=all&w=704)
Her son, nine-year-old Haiden, is non-verbal and experiences “difficult behavioural problems” - making the family’s turbulent living situation even more difficult. Last year, the family moved in with Tanya’s mum Lilian, 58, in Acton, as their own home went under repair work following a flood leaving the property exposed to damp.
![[Tanya claims the family is forced to sleep together on the living room floor]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/350-set-family-sleeping-front-805503956.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Tanya claims she has lost over £14,000 worth of household items from clothes, bedding, mattresses and more. Despite replacing her destroyed belongings in 2021, the “mould returned aggressively”. She is now stuck in a battle with A2dominion, based in Ealing, West London, for support.
![[Tanya has shared pictures of the mould she believes is the cause of damage to her belongings]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/350-set-family-sleeping-front-805505196.jpg?strip=all&w=720)
Tanya told the Sun: “It’s been hard, I thought I would lose everything, I even thought I would lose me. “The damp was very very bad, I can’t even explain, like moth balls, fur balls growing on clothing in green. “At one point, I called social services to intervene.”.
![[The mum-of-two has been forced to throw out clothes and replace many of her essential items]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/home-hell-im-single-mum-957940373.jpg?strip=all&w=206)
Being forced to take refuge in her mother’s home over an hour and a half away, Tanya feared the repair work would affect Haiden who “does not like change at all”. While having the kitchen painted, she removed Haiden from school for two weeks as he could not stay in the property during the changes.
![[She has since started a GoFundMe page to help fundraise for the items she needs to replace]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/home-hell-im-single-mum-957940379.jpg?strip=all&w=201)
