A 'nightmare' damp and mould infestation has left a housing association tenant fearing his city flat is no longer safe to live in.
Warren Culleton lives in a second-storey flat in Shipfield, Norwich which is managed by Broadland Housing Association.
The 51-year-old claims his flat is riddled with mould and damp which has soaked through his walls - so much so that the summer heat did nothing to dry them out.
As well as plaster flaking from his walls, the soaking and resultant mould has caused irreparable damage to a TV by drenching a power socket and is having a negative impact on his asthma.
And now, as winter sets in, he is battling water damage further as the rainwater seeps into his home.
The communal staircase in his block is now so sodden it is held up by acro props as water has soaked the plaster.
Mr Culleton fears the ceiling could cave in.
He said: "It's just getting worse.
"I'm afraid my flat it's becoming uninhabitable. I need to get out.
"I'm trying to bid for a new flat but I've not been given priority because I've already got a roof over my head.
"I'm frustrated with the whole process.
"It's a nightmare.
"Everything is just getting wetter. My skirting boards are now thick with green mould.
"It's getting worse and worse.
"There's been no improvement or no communication from Broadland. It doesn't fill me with confidence.
"Nothing has been done for four years. I feel stuck and at the hands of Broadland."
Mr Culleton has enlisted the help of Aspergers East Anglia and his MP, Chloe Smith, to get moved into some water-tight accommodation but to no avail.
A spokeswoman for Broadland Housing Association apologised to its affected tenants for not communicating why the stairwell ceiling was being held up.
She said: "An issue was reported to us on November 18 regarding a small section of plaster that had fallen from the ceiling in the communal stairwell.
"We have made the area safe as a precautionary measure by installing acro props to prevent any further plaster falling down. It is structurally safe.
"We have also identified several minor repairs inside Mr Culleton's flat, the works for these have been scheduled for the week commencing December 5."
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