After four and a half years of waiting, Leanne* and her three children recently found out that they can move from the two-bedroom council flat they have outgrown into a house. It’s welcome news, but there is a problem, she says: “There are no curtains, no carpet, no nothing: I don’t know where to start.”
Leanne, who works part-time as a dinner lady and claims universal credit, is not alone in her struggle to afford basic household items.
