Leeds family of live all living in one room
A Leeds family of five have been forced to live all in one room after being evicted from the home they'd known for more than a decade.
Read more: Leeds woman murdered by evil ex-partner as best friend shares 'guilt' that she 'couldn't stop it from happening' "It was a shock when we found out we'd have to leave our old house and it just got more and more stressful as we couldn't find anywhere else to go. They make it so difficult - prices have gone sky high and there's no way we can afford private rent anymore.
Dad Craig stopped working in 2016 after developing sepsis. Melanie spends all her time looking after him and being a full-time mum to their three children, who are home-schooled. According to figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities, there were more than 26,000 people on the council house waiting list in Leeds in the year ending March 31, 2022. That's the third largest wait list of any local authority in the country - behind only Lambeth and Newham in London.
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