Council ignoring our damp issue

Sir, – The Courier recently reported that Perth and Kinross Council are not taking responsibility for repairs to their houses with cracks and damp issues (“Tenants claim they were told to fix mould problem themselves”, January 11).

My house has recently become badly affected by damp, with some areas, such as our bedroom and kitchen, turning black with mould.

A lady from the council came to see us, took photographs, and expressed surprise at the extent of the damp. A few days later a council workman made some repairs to our roof.

However, the damp has since spread, to the point that when a housing officer visited us in January, she said: “I would not live here and you should not be living here.”

I have received a letter from my doctor stating that owing to our living conditions we should be rehoused and the relevant medical forms have been completed. We were told our situation would be given priority.

Now we have received a letter from Pullar House stating that our situation is not a priority and is not a medical issue.

How can a woman sitting in an office make this decision without seeing our situation? It forces my wife and I to sleep in the sitting room to escape the sickening smell of damp, and the health dangers.

Perth & Kinross Council never was like this.

Thomas Brown. 3 Church Place, Bankfoot.