A woman from Belfast has opened up on how her experience in temporary accommodation is impacting her health and her family.
With her three children, Amanda is currently living in one room, and said she waits for a call from the Housing Executive to see if she will be moved or if she will stay where she is for another night. They have been in their current location for the past three weeks. "Here we have nothing, there's a shower, kettle, and a wee TV in your room. Every day I ring the Housing Executive and it's like a triage system so they give me a call back, but it's somebody different every time I speak to them.
"I don't want special treatment or anything like that, I just want somewhere where I know I'm going to be for a while. Somewhere where my daughter can get her stuff, she's crying for it, it's hard on her too." "I'm exhausted. I'm in the Royal for a few hours every couple of weeks on a drip, my immune system is low due to Crohn's so the moving around isn't good.
They said: “In April this year, this household asked us to provide temporary accommodation after sharing arrangements had broken down. A number of options for temporary accommodation were declined at this time and they opted to make their own arrangements.