A mum-of-two whose young family were evicted from their housing association home has accused a council in England of "abuse" and "neglect" after they were placed in a hotel room she described as not suitable for her children’s basic needs.
Nicole Barlow, 24, told CheshireLive that she lost her home after the private landlord, who the housing association leased the property from, decided to sell. She said the family were given just two months to vacate the property in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire but there were no other suitable council properties in the town so Nicole, her husband and their children, aged two and three, were moved into a single room at the Chester Court Hotel in Hoole, Chester.
Nicole, a support worker for adults with learning difficulties, said: “With a couple of bags, we headed off to the Chester Court Hotel. We got the key for the room, and I burst into tears as soon as I walked in there. Obviously, I wasn’t expecting The Ritz or the Grosvenor Hotel, but the room was just not suitable to meet the children’s basic needs.”
