A family of 11 say they have been split up because a council doesn’t have a six-bedroom home to give them after they were illegally evicted. The Hussains have been moved around several times and are now living apart after their local council struggled to find a new home for them all. For the last two months, Simone and Ansar have been living in hotels while they wait for a house in Birmingham.
They said they were illegally evicted from their home after it developed severe leaks and electrical faults.
Birmingham City Council has confirmed that the family are on the housing register at the highest priority banding, but ‘there are very few six-bedroom properties available.’ After moving out on June 13, the Hussains were sent to a Travelodge in Burton-upon-Trent as their three-bed property was deemed unsafe to live in.
For nearly a month, they continued with the school run, completing a 42-mile trip. The family’s month-long stay ended in Burton and the Hussains went to another Travelodge, this time in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Another month later and they were taken Bristol where they were separated and put into three different flats. They’d hoped to be back in Birmingham by the end of August, but have now been told it’s more likely to be near the end of September.
