 The family has stayed in temporary housing for seven weeks |
A family which has two members who suffer from mental illness claim they are being made homeless by a north Wales local authority. The O'Briens had been staying in temporary accommodation in Gwynedd but the council has told them to leave because they do not have to house them.
Victoria O'Brien said they were living in Wolverhampton but left after her disabled son was attacked by youths.
Gwynedd council said the family had made themselves intentionally homeless.
Mrs O'Brien told BBC Wales her husband David had bi-polar syndrome and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while one of her sons also had mental health problems and was registered disabled.
The family of five used to live in council accommodation in Wolverhampton but left because they did not feel safe after her disabled son was attacked and they had to go to court.
 |  A decision was made that Mrs O'Brien and her family had made themselves intentionally homeless  |
After living in private accommodation in Wales for two years, Mrs O'Brien said they were evicted because neighbours put pressure on their landlord after finding out about her husband and son's mental health problems.
Gwynedd council gave them temporary accommodation at a hotel near Betws-y-Coed but say they have no duty to re-home them because they had voluntarily left secure accommodation in Wolverhampton.
In a statement, the council said: "Gwynedd council's housing service agreed to place Mrs O'Brien and her family in temporary accommodation for a period of 28 days.
"Gwynedd council carried out a homeless assessment on the family. A decision was made that Mrs O'Brien and her family had made themselves intentionally homeless.
"The decision was made based on information received from their previous landlord, Wolverhampton City Council."
The family have appealed against the decision but it has been upheld. They are due to be evicted on Saturday, but Mrs O'Brien says she plans to stay put while social workers try to find the money to keep them there.
She is meeting a representative from housing advice charity Shelter Cymru next week and is hoping they will take up her case.
"I have got nowhere else to go. There is no way I'm dragging three kids onto the streets," she told BBC Wales' news website, adding she wanted her family to stay in north Wales and not return to the West Midlands.
"If [the council]'s got a property, it could be anywhere and we'd accept it.
"I just want a home. Since we've lived [in emergency accommodation], the kids haven't had any education at all.
"They've had seven and a half weeks without any schooling so it's not fair on them."
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