The UDA has been blamed for launching sectarian attacks against homes in the Annalee and Alloa Street areas since May.<\/p>\n
It has now emerged that one victim is set to take legal action against a local housing association, claiming it has \u201cfailed to take reasonable steps to protect\u201d her and her children.<\/p>\n
The terrified mother fled her Annalee Street home three weeks ago after two of her children, aged 10 and 5, were threatened and ordered from a local playpark by a grown man.<\/p>\n The woman alleges she was later threatened and assaulted by the man and called a \u201cFenian bast**d.<\/p>\n She decided to flee with her children, whose ages range from 16-5, after being told that a pipe bomb would be put through her window.<\/p>\n The woman, who is too frightened to be named, said her mental health has been impacted.<\/p>\n \u201cAll I do is cry and I am just stressed out constantly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd my anxiety, I can\u2019t even sleep, just thinking I have to move house again.\u201d<\/p>\n While she moved into the Annalee area last December, it wasn\u2019t until May that local Catholics were singled out.<\/p>\n \u201cWindows were smashed, not mine, but there was bricks lying in my front garden, there was a couple of other houses that (had their windows) smashed, which were Catholic houses.<\/p>\n \u201cI was apparently because somebody was wearing a GAA top.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe were told we had to get out back then.\u201d<\/p>\n The woman added that things were \u201cfine\u201d for a while until the recent incident involving her children at a local playpark.<\/p>\n She revealed that initially the small family had to be split up as they took emergency shelter with friends and relatives.<\/p>\n Legal correspondence reveals the impact on her children, with one young child suffering from anxiety, resulting in bed wetting.<\/p>\n Another sibling has suffered \u201chead bleeding from picking at cuts caused by anxiety\u201d while all the children experience \u201congoing distress, sleepiness and emotional trauma\u201d.<\/p>\n The woman asserts that Clanmill housing \u201cfailed to engage appropriately with residents facing threats of violence and intimidation\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite being notified of the attacks and ongoing threats, Clanmill Housing Association has neither consulted with the applicant regarding her immediate housing needs nor liaised effectively with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, the PSNI, or relevant community agencies to put in place protective or preventative measures,\u201d legal documents allege.<\/p>\n The woman\u2019s solicitor Jack Murphy, of McIvor Farrell Solicitors, said his client and her children \u201cwere forced to flee their home after sustained threats from loyalist paramilitaries. <\/p>\n \u201cThe family has been left in unsafe and wholly inadequate accommodation, suffering severe trauma and fear. <\/p>\n \u201cDespite clear evidence of the risks they face, public authorities have failed to take effective action to protect them. <\/p>\n \u201cWe have now issued pre-action correspondence against Clanmill Housing Association and are considering further legal action against relevant state bodies who, in our view, have neglected their duty to safeguard our client, her children, and other Catholic families in the area from paramilitary violence.\u201d <\/p>\n A spokeswoman said Clanmill Housing Association said: \u201c\u201cEveryone should be allowed to live in peace and feel safe in their home, free from intimidation or threat.<\/p>\n \u201cThe safety and wellbeing of our customers at Annalee Street and Alloa Street remain our priority and we have, and are continuing to do all we can as a landlord to support them.\u201d<\/p>\n The association said the north is \u201cfacing an acute housing shortage with 49,000 people currently on the social housing waiting list and significant pressure for homes\u201d. <\/p>\n \u201cWe are working closely with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and other housing associations to identify suitable alternative homes for our customers,\u201d the spokeswoman added.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have also been continuing to work with our customers and their representatives, the PSNI, local community and political representatives and other statutory 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Damged Houses in the mixed Annalee Street area of North Belfast.
\nPICTURE: COLM LENAGHAN <\/p>\n