The mother, referred to as Miss Y, who left foster care aged 18 in January 2016, was placed in unsuitable accommodation, alongside her four-year-old son, referred to as W, leaving her in rent arrears, the ombudsman found.
“Despite the council having a legal duty to make sure the mother and child had a suitable place to live, for the next five years they lived in accommodation which she could not afford. Consequently the mother was left with significant rent arrears,” the ombudsman’s report states.
Further failings were recognised when the woman’s 17-year-old brother, known to the LGO as Mr Z, came to live with his sister and nephew between 2018 and 2019, after being released from prison, according to the LGO’s report.
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