Nobody should have to live like this. Make private renting safer.

When I found this flat, the landlady told me it had been newly decorated and refurbished. So I moved in with my baby son.

The first thing I noticed was that the whole flat was infested with fleas. My son was absolutely covered in flea bites. I had to pay out of my own money for the exterminator to come, and wasn't reimbursed until a few months later.

As winter came it because obvious that each of the external walls had a really bad mould problem. The landlady didn't respond to my requests for it to be treated.

My landlady also left me without a boiler for 6 months. I had no hot water or heating. We got very cold at night and I would have to take my son to the leisure centre to get a hot shower.

Nobody should have to live like this. The Housing Minister, Gavin Barwell, must make sure rented homes are genuinely fit for human habitation.

Please sign and join Leslie to campaign for better conditions for private renters.