"I don't think they actually realise how small it actually is in this flat," said Leanne Hallisey as she described the one-bedroom flat that she shares with her partner and three children. Leanne, 28, was on her own when she moved into her flat in Highmead Road in Ely, Cardiff.
When she became pregnant with her and her partner's first child in 2017 she asked the council if she could move into somewhere more spacious. She said the situation "wasn't too bad" at the time as it was just the three of them. She was put on the waiting list – the band B2 (medium priority) list.
Leanne got back in touch with the council when she had more children, saying: "I added them on every time." However she is still waiting for a bigger place to live. Leanne said: "There is no storage – nothing. We have got one cupboard which is full of the kids' stuff. We have got the one bedroom, which I have managed to squeeze a double bed, bunk bed for the three and four-year-old, and our [cradle] as well.
