Damp hell family's mushrooms ordeal

MUM, DAD AND THREE KIDS HAVE HAD TO BE PUT UP IN A HOTEL

- GEORGE LYTHGOE

MUSHROOMS have grown from the skirting boards at the home of a family plagued by a leak.

Shannon Hopley, who lives on Rochdale's Freehold estate, claims she's had a dripping bath for three years - ever since she moved in.

When a crack was spotted recently, it was taped over as a temporary fix, she says. The mother-of-three claims she was told it was no longer usable.

One of Shannon's children, who has autism, needs the bath as they do not like the shower. The 29-year-old claims she has been living in squalor while her bath and kitchen are being replaced, living off takeaways and microwave meals.

The work was required due to the damage caused by the leak. She pleaded with her landlord Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH) to be put up in temporary accommodation as the work was carried out - and has only just been put up in a hotel.