Heartbroken family lose their mum, nan and home of nearly three decades all within a week
A HEARTBROKEN family lost their mum, nan and home of nearly three decades all in the space of a week.
Leanne Everest was grieving the loss of her 75-year-old mother when she was given just four weeks to be out of her council house.
The mum-of-two has lived in the property in Barry, South Wales, for 27 years but now fears she will end up miles from her current home.
She and her two children, Caitlyn, 20, and Louis, 18, face an agonising wait while they wait to be rehoused.
The family were given the devastating news just days after Leanne's mum, Diane, died "completely out of the blue" after a nine-week battle with pancreatic cancer, reports.
Her diagnosis was "significantly delayed" by the pandemic and doctors initially shrugged it off as gastritis and sent her home from hospital.
But three days before Christmas, Diane's symptoms worsened and she was rushed back to the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where she was told she had pancreatic cancer.
On Christmas Day she was sent home while she waited for surgery to remove a tumour but an infection saw her rushed back on February 10 and Diane died the next day.
'HEARTACHE, STRESS AND WORRY'
A Vale of Glamorgan Council spokesperson said the local authority was "working closely" with Ms Everest and her family to find suitable accommodation.
They told Wales Online: "[We] would like to offer our deepest sympathies following their recent loss.
"The law allows only one succession per tenancy to ensure properties become available to applicants on the housing register.
"If we did not do this, properties could perpetually be kept within families and new applicants would have limited opportunities to secure council accommodation.
"Currently, there are over 5,000 households on the register, including many homeless households and people in acute housing need.
"Ms Everest and her two adult children have been referred to our housing solutions team who will help them find alternative accommodation and also the money advice team.
"Whilst a notice to quit has been served, which expires at the end of March, they will be allowed to stay in their current accommodation until alternative accommodation is found.
"The council will continue to support the family and work with them to ensure the best outcome is achieved."
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A spokesperson for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, said: "Our thoughts are with the family at this time.
"If they wish to discuss any aspect of care further we would ask that they contact our Concerns team."