A frustrated mum who has had to share a bed with her young son for nearly two years says she is desperate for her own space after being forced to move back into her own mother's house. Sophie Collins has had to sleep in the same bed as her six year old son Frankie in her old childhood bedroom at her mum's house after a local council wrongly accused her of deliberately making herself homeless.
Sophie and her son, from Erith in Bexley, have been living with her mum since December 2020 when Bexley Council wrongly said she had made herself intentionally homeless and said they would no longer help her, MyLondon reports. The frustrated mum says living in such a cramped space has been "stressful" for both her and Frankie, who is autistic.
Frankie has not reacted well to the change in his living circumstances, Sophie says, adding that he has been excluded from school twice for hitting out and trashing a classroom. She said he has also been violent to his classmates and teachers.
