"I cried myself to sleep": Street plagued by flies and RATS is turning neighbourhood into 'living hell'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukInfestations of rats, mice and bluebottles have turned a Salford street into "a living hell", according to residents. One mother of a three-year-old daughter says the problem is so bad they can't eat meals in her Swinton home.
The residents of the houses on Rake Lane are all tenants of Salix Homes. But they say although they have made numerous complaints about the infestations, they will not help.
Emma Martin, 37, was rehoused in Rake Lane five months ago after she and her three-year-old daughter Margot became homeless.
But she said as soon as she moved in they were "overrun" with flies and rats under the floorboards. READ MORE:Video shows thugs smashing their way into shed in community garden Emma claims she has made numerous phone calls to Salix for help, but she says they have said there is nothing they can do. "I'm at my wits end," she said. "The volume of flies here is disgusting to such an extent I won't feed Margot here.
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