''If the ceiling collapses, it’s on them': 'Petrified' mum 'in A&E all the time' with nightmare house
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA ‘petrified’ mum says she’s had to take her two children to A&E and the walk-in centre multiple times and she believes it's down to the shocking condition of her house.
Kia Ratcliffe, from Ashton-under-Lyne, moved into her home in August 2021 and claims she first logged a complaint with her housing association, Jigsaw, ‘the day I moved in’.
She’s added that the problems are still not fixed. In a multitude of reported issues, Kia says that her family are putting up with holes in the roof, the smell of dog urine from a previous tenant, broken floor boards, damp, and a rotten bath panel.
Jigsaw says ‘works are already under way’ to remedy the woes. Try MEN Premium for FREE by clicking here for no ads, fun puzzles and brilliant new features. “I am in hospital all the time taking my kids to A&E or the walk-in centre,” Kia told the Manchester Evening News. “It’s because they are getting really bad chest infections. “We had to take my daughter to A&E twice in a weekend, she needed steroids, antibiotics and an inhaler.
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