A Talybont couple with seven children who say they face being made homeless if they are evicted when their rental property is repossessed have accused Ceredigion County Council of not being willing to help.

John Morris and his wife and seven children are living with uncertainty after learning that their three-bedroom home is likely to be repossessed leaving them without any accommodation.

But Mr Morris said the family was not receiving assistance from the council even after two years of concerns being raised, particularly about cramped conditions.

Mr Morris said: “There are nine of us living in a three-bedroom property and the council isn’t willing to help us at all.

“They’re saying they can’t do anything for us at the moment.

“Social services have been to see us and said the property is overcrowded. Ceredigion Care Society have been too.

“Me and my wife have to sleep in the living room as the children are in the bedrooms.”

While the family have been put on the waiting list for a property, Mr Morris said they had been placed in the lowest band and that, despite the family’s efforts, they were no nearer to finding an alternative property despite facing the prospect of being made homeless.

That is despite an assessment of the property finding that there are ‘hazards’ in the property that make it unsafe to live in.

Ceredigion County Council said it was following its housing lettings allocation policy.

A spokesperson said: “While we can’t comment on individual cases, any case of this nature is fully considered under the Housing Lettings Allocations Policy.”

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