A family stuck in a studio flat have been warned they will have to wait up to 13 years for a bigger home. Mohamed Abubakar, his wife Rasha Al-Buriahi and their four children all sleep and eat in the same room of their studio flat.
The room is packed with a double bed and two single beds on either side. Every night the family will eat their dinner on the floor on a makeshift picnic mat because there is nowhere else to eat.
Mr Abubakar, who works 12-hour night shifts and has been on the housing list since 2002, has been regularly bidding for four-bed properties in the borough since 2017, but was told by the council that the average wait time is 13 years, My London reports.
