Dad's terror that he and daughter, 16, will soon be homeless - weeks after amputation

An ex-police officer and England lacrosse player fears he will soon be made homeless.

Ben Howells, 45, was served notice on his Sale flat in September last year after his landlady became ill, and had to leave for good a couple of months ago. He says he contacted Trafford HOST ( Housing Options Service Trafford) to find an accessible home as soon as he learnt of his upcoming eviction.

But, despite his requests and the fact he had to have an operation to amputate his left leg a week after leaving his flat, he says he has only been offered accommodation in Fallowfield and Audenshaw.

This is despite his support network being based in Sale and his daughter going to school at Trafford College and working in Timperley.

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Ben, who had to have the amputation after injuring his leg in 2015, claims the council told him they could not start looking for suitable accommodation for him until after his operation on January 17.

He is currently living in a Trafford Park hotel - paid for by the hospital - but says the council has since told him he needs to wait until his hotel stay ends on March 7 before emergency accommodation could be sought.

Ben says he and his daughter, 16-year-old Cadee, as well as his mental health support dog 'Taz', will be left 'homeless' due to the multiple delays.

Trafford Council says the delays are due to the 'extremely high demand' for wheelchair accessible flats but say they will do 'everything they can' to help him find accommodation.

"I was served notice on my flat in September, which I used to own myself and delivered my daughter in, as the landlady has become ill. I notified HOST straight