'Once one thing is sorted something else happens... I just want a home where I can feel safe'

Tony Potts has been back and forth with his landlord for a decade, he says. "Once we get one thing sorted something else happens," he tells the Manchester Evening News.

The 39-year-old lives alone at a flat on Wyndham Park, in Prestwich, which he rents from housing association Onward Homes. It's the second property he has rented from the social landlord.

He claims the last flat he rented had 'cat urine coming through the walls' from a neighbour's property, before he was moved in December 2018. Both his previous property and his current one have been plagued with issues including leaks, he claims.

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Tony claims to have reported at least 10 issues at his current home - and more than 30 at the two properties. Most recently, he returned home from getting breakfast out to find his kitchen 'flooded', with the damage leaving mould in two cabinets, he claims.

Onward Homes has now issued an apology for the disruption. It says it has always fixed the issues at Tony's home, with workers next due to visit the property on Friday (November 15).

Tony, who has medical treatment that weakens his immune system, says he has a real fear his living condition is damaging his physical health as well as his mental health.

"I think for my health, I need to move," he told the M.E.N. "I don't want to move. I want to be in a property where I feel safe, where I can take my medication that I'm prescribed and I can relax and try to get better.

"The stress of moving is not ideal. But if I need to do that, then that's what I will have to do." Tony says that when he moved into his current property six-years-ago, issues of damp and mould appeared