A CEREBRAL palsy sufferer has been stuck in her room for two years because the council cannot find her suitable housing.

Deborah Chandler, 45, began using an electric wheelchair when her physically debilitating conditioned took a turn for the worse seven years ago.

What little movement she had went completely two and a half years ago when she narrowly survived blood clotting in her legs.

Now the Manners Road resident is confined to bed at her foster parents' house, leaving only three times in two years with the help of a volunteer physiotherapist.

“I have been on the housing list since 1995 with my husband Gary,” Mrs Chandler explained.

“We have been offered six bungalows in Halstead Close but they are not suitable for the wheelchair.

“By the time we get a house somewhere I am not going to be able to live here at this rate. I have no life.

“I can't do another ten months like this. I am not trying to play games. I am just desperate.”

The former Reading Borough Council worker currently lives in bed with her possessions surrounding her, just able to wiggle from one side to the other.

Mrs Chandler's dream is to move into a house where she can use her electric wheelchair and live with Gary.

“Both of us want to move in together. We just can't function without each other,” she said.

“We can't move out of Woodley because our support network is here.”

Despite regularly contacting the council and eliciting the help of Reading East MP Rob Wilson, Mrs Chandler is no closer to getting the home she needs.

A Wokingham Borough Council spokesperson said: “We work hard to find the right homes for people asking for our help.

“Applicants have the right to turn down offers, however as a local authority we only have a finite amount of homes to allocate and where applicants only choose a few areas it can prove more difficult to meet their needs.”