A HEAVILY pregnant mum of four is living in a hotel in Pangbourne after she was evicted by her landlord.

Chelsea McGill, 25, was evicted from her privately rented house on Crescent Road in April after her landlord decided to sell the property.

Miss McGill and her four young children, aged one, two, four and seven, were moved to a three bed flat in the George Hotel in Pangbourne as temporary accommodation provided by Reading Borough Council.

What began as a two day stay has since turned into a four month slog, with no sign of permanent accommodation in sight for the eight and a half month pregnant mum whose current accommodation health visitors have described as unsuitable for a new born baby.

“To begin with it wasn't ridiculous,” explained Miss McGill, who receives income support.

“They told me it would be two days. I thought I can handle this.

“Every week since I have rung the council. When I finally get through they tell me there is nothing they can do.”

As the summer holidays go on restlessness has begun to set in to the temporary McGill household, the small apartment too small to contain the younger members.

“It is hard work,” said Miss McGill. “The kids are bored and we are up two flights of stairs, which makes it really hard to get them all up on my own.”

Miss McGill's situation comes as the council struggles to house those in need of accommodation.

At a Housing Committee on July 3, it was revealed that around 120 households were being put up in B&Bs a week.

A spokesperson from the council said: “We sympathise with Ms McGill’s circumstances which are far from ideal and are the direct result of the shortage of affordable housing in Reading, and the large number of homeless families waiting for accommodation through the Council’s housing register.

“Ms McGill and her family are a statutory homeless household that the Council has provided emergency accommodation for in Bed and Breakfast.  The age of her children means she needs a place where the youngest children can stay in the same room with her, and at this time her current accommodation is the only one available where she can do this. We will of course continue to look at alternative accommodation, without the need for her to climb stairs, but nothing is available at this time.

“We have considered alternative private sector accommodation through the Council’s Rent Guarantee Scheme, but Ms McGill and her family are subject to the Benefit Cap, which means this is not an affordable option for them.”