This is Leicestershire --A married couple have been forced to live separately for the past 10 months because the city council has no homes suitable for them.
Andrew and Janet Greenhill were living together at Janet's council flat in Western Park, Leicester, until she had a fall in the bathroom.
Janet, 53, who has cerebral palsy, epilepsy and learning difficulties, was later moved from hospital to Marston Court Residential Care Home, in Northfields, after an occupational therapist ruled the flat was not suitable for Janet since the accident.
Janet was told she could not live alone and that the flat was not designed for more than one person.
Before the accident, Andrew was only allowed to spend three nights a week at the flat.
The couple have been on the waiting list for a larger place since 2011 and, since their enforced separation, have been increasingly desperate for Leicester City Council to find them somewhere new.
Andrew, 50, said: "We want a place where we can live together more than anything, but they haven't had anywhere suitable.
"Ideally, we need a bungalow but just anywhere with wheelchair access and room for two people would do.
"We've been told by the city council that accommodation isn't in great abundance and, while I have some sympathy for the housing department, this is driving us both doolally.
"I do see Janet almost every day, but there's no privacy when I do."
The couple were married in 2008 and, before then, Janet had lived in the Western Park flat for two years, while Andrew lived with his parents in Syston.
Janet said: "We want suitable accommodation where we are able to reside as a married couple and residential care is hardly conducive to marriage.
"I've now been separated from my husband for 10 months – in August it will be 11 – and the situation has become farcical.
"Andrew's latest bid for properties was unfruitful – all offers are subject to an occupational therapist assessment and it is they who have the final say."
A spokeswoman for Leicester City Council said there was to be a meeting this week to try to sort out a solution.
She said: "We have invited Mr Greenhill to come and meet with us to discuss his housing issues, so we can establish his and his wife's current needs and see what we can do to help." Reported by This is 20 hours ago.