A family of eight are living in a two-bedroom flat, which the mum says is leaving them 'stressed' and 'drained'. Ms Laima moved into the flat 17 years ago when she had just one child, but now her family has grown and the 37-year-old and her partner now five more children.
The mother, who asked to be known as Ms Laima, lives in Hackney London. Her flat is part of the Metropolitan Thames Valley housing association. “We’re overcrowded - we shouldn’t be living like this,” the mum-of-six told MyLondon.
“Me and my partner co-sleep with my two-year-old and my four-year-old, and then in the same room I’ve got my six-year-old in his cot, which he’s outgrowing. And then in the next bedroom, I've got my 18-year-old and my nine-year-old sleeping on the bottom bunk, and the 10-year-old on the top bunk.”
