A family living in a Broxtowe council flat "thick with mould" said they could have been living on the streets if they hadn't accepted the offer to move in there. Megan Yallop, 23, and her partner Adrian Newbold, 26, were first made homeless along with their two daughters last November.
Their landlord was selling their previous property and they were beginning to struggle with rental payments anyway. The family had been living in a range of temporary accommodation since then, most recently in a flat in Eastwood.
Broxtowe Borough Council then offered them a permanent flat in Watnall but after viewing it, the family initially said they wanted to reject it. Ms Yallop said: "We went round it and we just thought it was disgusting.
