Nicky Griffith suffers PTSD and cried tears of frustration after Otautahi Community Housing Trust said she could not move to a safer unit in the social housing complex where her mother lives. A Christchurch woman trying to rebuild her life after suffering PTSD has been declined a housing transfer to be close to her elderly mother and away from volatile and violent tenants. Nicky Griffith said she burst into tears after receiving an email from the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust to say she could not move to her mother's council housing complex in Halswell two weeks ago. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Nicky Griffith was left confused and frustrated after Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust declined her request to transfer to a unit near her mother. JOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Violence and threatening behaviour of tenants at her Veronica Place social housing complex have triggered PTSD symptoms Nicky Griffith suffered after the earthquakes.

Source: Stuff February 23, 2020 05:03 UTC