Catterick Garrison: ‘Horrible waiting game’ for families evicted

This issue combined with rented properties such as Essex Close being sold off creates a “constant backlog of housing problems”, he says.

“We should never have sold off all the stock of council houses and we need to be building more council housing to drive rents down.”

North Yorkshire Council’s head of housing needs, Kim Robertshaw, said: “We are working with the families affected to provide alternative accommodation.

“We have already helped three of them and are working with a further three, providing temporary accommodation where needed.”

Discussing the wider issue, Simon Myers, the council’s executive member for housing, said: “Historically, there are 8,500 people on housing waiting lists in North Yorkshire, so there’s a lot of demand.

“We are working with the new [regional] mayor to see how we can work at speed because the need is now.”

A spokesperson for Annington said: “From time to time we sell units from our private rental portfolio when it is appropriate to do so as part of our overall business strategy.”

Meanwhile for Kirsty and her family, their wait for a home goes on.

“I’ve got to the point where if I get my hopes up for something and it doesn’t happen, I’m just going to be at rock bottom,” she says.

“I can’t risk it because I need to keep going for the kids to keep going.”

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