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Mum-of-three Michelle Martin has taken a career break because her childcare costs were more expensive than her salary as a special needs classroom assistant in east Belfast.

“My classroom assistant actually puts on a mask now before she’ll go into the storeroom; that’s how bad the mould smell is.”

Emma McSparran, a special educational needs classroom assistant, said the children were "delighted".

Thimo Lam, 30, is a classroom assistant who lives in one of the flats with his wife and daughter.

Ms Corbett, who works as a classroom assistant and has three children, said she has had to replace bedroom floors multiple times due to water seeping through poorly sealed balcony doors.