A desperate mum is pleading to be moved out of her mould-ridden council home - which has made her children so ill her baby can't even live with her anymore.<br /><br />Katie Roberts, 26, says she is being forced to live in 'disgusting' conditions alongside her partner, three children and her sister in Wednesbury, West Mids.<br /><br />She even has letters from doctors saying the mould is a 'significant risk' to the young children's health - but claims Sandwell Council are doing nothing to help.<br /> <br />The situation has become so unbearable for the family that Katie's three-month-old daughter Willow now has to live with her grandmother.<br /><br />The tot was prescribed inhalers having developed a wheeze and a cough while her two other children - Hunter, three, and Scarlett, two - also have health conditions as a result of the mould.<br /><br />Katie said: "I'm separated from my baby, and we can't form the attachment between a baby and mother that is so important to them in their early life.<br /><br />"This mould has made her that ill that she's at the doctors pretty much every week. <br /><br />"The letters from the doctors even say that she needs to be moved to a safe environment.<br /><br />"There are just too many people and too much furniture in the house that the air can't circulate and it's causing mould. <br /><br />"In the summer, we can open the windows, but when it gets to winter, that isn't an option."<br /><br />When Katie was pregnant with Willow, a letter from her GP addressed to the council read: "The mould issue is a significant risk factor to the health of her unborn child.<br /><br />"It would be in Katie's and her unborn child's best interest for her to be relocated as soon as possible to a bigger property with four bedrooms and a garden."<br /><br />Katie, who lives with partner Ashley, 27, has accused the council of 'not taking them seriously'' despite begging to be relocated to more suitable housing. <br /><br />She said another reason for needing a bigger house is because Hunter has suspected autism often having meltdowns, and requires his own space.<br /><br />Katie, who cannot work due to suffering from PTSD, social anxiety disorder, autism and paranoid schizophrenia, added: "The doctors are really concerned about my children. <br /><br />"My boy has asthma now too and is also on inhalers. He has to have his own room, he cannot share anything, he has meltdowns.<br /><br />"He needs his own calm space."<br /><br />Because of her history of complex mental health issues, Katie is also worried about the growing impact her living situation is having on her own wellbeing.<br /><br />Both her and Ashley are considered disabled because of their poor mental health and cannot work.<br /><br />She said: "I've had to be put on even more medication because of the stress of living like this. <br /><br />"I'm scared of what will happen if I keep getting pushed and pushed. I will end up in hospital again and I can't, I have three kids.<br /><br />"We need to be moved, it needs to be done. <br /><br />"There is no space, the lack of air circulation is affecting my children's physical health and my mental health because I can see that my children are ill. <br /><br />"It is so small and cramped, I'm up early hours in the morning just cleaning.<br /><br />"It's so overcrowded it's not right.<br /><br />"It's the waiting time that's the worst thing. I don't know how many letters it will take. <br /><br />"They need to treat this like the emergency that it is."<br /><br />Sandwell Council said teams have been to clean the house and will be speaking to the family about the issue.<br /><br />They added demand for council properties in the borough is greater than supply, leading to long wait times and discussions on other ways to find suitable accommodation.
