Outrage over local family let down by Haringey Council in housing battle

12.22.00pm UTC (GMT +0000) Thu 3rd Apr 2008

A mother of two who has been living in a squalid and infested one bedroom flat for nine years as her family has grown, had her dreams of a new home shattered last month by Haringey Council. Bonnie Tarpey-Wronski, her two young sons, husband and sister, were overjoyed to hear that they had finally been allocated a new home, only to find out minutes later that Haringey Council had made a mistake and withdrawn the offer. The flat they are currently living in has been deemed unfit to live in by the Council, yet nine years on the family are continuing to live, eat and play in two overcrowded rooms, which are currently also suffering from a serious larvae infestation.

Local MP, Lynne Featherstone, who has been battling to get the family a decent home for some time, is appalled at the treatment and paid a visit to their current cramped flat to highlight the desperation of their situation. She has called upon Haringey Council to take urgent action to offer the family a permanent home.

Commenting, Lynne Featherstone says:

"This young family has been messed around by Haringey Council - enough is enough. After what they have been through, it is sheer torment to be told one minute you have a home only for it to be taken away the next.

"Day in, day out, I help lots people who have been let down by the Council, but this takes it to another level. It adds insult to injury after the years of squalid housing they have had to put up with. The Council needs to act now to right this wrong."