Mum has tried to get Gateshead council home for six-and-a

Judith Mackay and son Callum (Image: Iain Buist/Newcastle Chronicle)

A mother has been trying to secure a council home in Gateshead for more than six-and-a-half years - but has not been offered one property. Judith Mackay and her autistic son Callum, 24, are currently living in a private rented house in Blaydon .

The 53-year-old said the three-bedroom house is damp, mouldy and in desperate need of repair. She has been bidding on local authority properties for six years and seven months but has not been successful once.

Judith said the situation has left them both feeling down. She said: "I have been waiting over six-and-a-half years now for a council house. I have been bidding and they even said I'm doing everything right but I have never been offered a house in all of that time