A dad says he feels like Salford Council has ‘put a gun to my head’ as he faces being losing his home at the same time his partner gives birth to twins.
Mark Kirwin, from Swinton, told the Manchester Evening News that his family need to leave the home he rents while repairs are carried out, but his only offer from Salford Council is to move to a bed-and-breakfast in Harpurhey, some five miles away.
That’s ‘not adequate’, Mark says, because his four-year-old son attends a ‘special play group’ for children with autism in Swinton. The council says that its offer is ‘due to high demand and shortage of properties’, with nearly 100 people in a similar position to Mark.
