A mum who shares a tiny flat with a severely autistic son who has tried to jump out of the window 30 times says she lives in “hell 24/7”.
Naveen shares her two bedroom flat with her three children, aged nine, eight and four.
But due to its size, she struggles to get by with her children and says they often have to eat on the floor.
Her autistic son is currently being managed by mental health services after making multiple attempts to jump out of a window.
He was given exercises to complete to help, but there is not space in the home to do them, reports MyLondon.
Mum Naveen said: “I have to live in this hell 24/7.
“Sometimes we have to eat on the floor because I don’t have space. None of us get proper sleep - there's just so much stuff.
“I can’t go to the bathroom alone because I'm scared he will jump out the window. But we have mould and damp so I try to keep the window open where I can.
"My other son gets allergies because of the damp - he wakes up with really crusty eyes and can barely open eyes in mornings.
"He has to have constant eyes drops to help give him some sort of relief.
"I'm always screaming and shouting at my kids [because of this]. I love my kids...but sometimes it makes me dislike them. I've done everything to protect them. OK, forget me but my kids are here.”
She added she has lived in the “dump” for years and they use the same table for doing homework as well as eating.
She has raised her issues with the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) council and the housing association Oak Housing - but is yet to be re-homed to a larger property.
She added: “It’s been going on for so long that I've started to doubt myself.
“I've started thinking I'm not worthy of help. This is the most isolating experience of my life."
A Kensington and Chelsea Council spokesperson said: “Our teams work collaboratively with residents and their families to ensure that any homes they are offered meet their individual needs.
“All properties are rigorously inspected to make sure they are healthy and safe to live in, and we work with registered providers to investigate and resolve any issues raised once residents have moved in.
“The demand for social housing far outstrips supply in our borough, especially when it comes to larger properties.
“We receive about 400 houses we can allocate each year and currently have more than 3,200 households on our housing register, so we have to make stark choices about how we allocate this extremely limited supply.”
