A family with five children have been left homeless days before the kids are due to return to school.
The Khamisi family were moved into a local authority house in Cleethorpes in February after they say complications with their housing benefit meant they had to leave their privately-rented home.
But they say they have had to leave following complaints about noise - including one of the children's piano playing.
Nadia, 14, Sonia, 13, Joseph, 12, Sofia, 9, and five-year-old Orlando are living in one room with their parents at the home of a family friend after being left with nowhere to go.
"If it wasn't for my friend, we wouldn't have a roof over our heads and we would have lost our kids. I'm so thankful for him to give us a place to stay," dad Ashkan told Grimsby Live.
But most of the family's belongings are still at their previous property - including everything the children need for school.
Parents Ashkan and Sandra say they have had to replace everything on their limited budget.
Ashkan said: "The kids all go back to school on September 3. Thankfully, they go to schools in the local area, so we don't have to travel far at the moment.
"But we have lost everything for the kids in the house on Taylor Street, so we are having to get everything for them from scratch.
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"We have had to buy new uniforms for them all, and they can cost up to £150 per uniform.
"Not to mention the stationery and other things that they need, which we are having to start all over again."
A neighbour there repeatedly reported them over noise issues and there were regular visits from the police and council.
Ashkan, 36, said: "It was not a good place for us, we had the police on our doorstep almost every day because the neighbour was reporting us to try and get rid of us, saying our kids were at risk and we were making too much noise.
"My daughter plays the piano and she has a small keyboard, and she practiced on the lowest volume possible and we still had someone come to the door saying we were being too loud.
"I think the neighbour was just fed up of families constantly coming and going. I understand, I would be fed up too, but we weren't being loud and we were looking after our children.
"The house was mostly unfurnished so we had nothing to play loud music from."
The family were unable to search for a new home due to the lockdown and were offered an alternative one by North East Lincolnshire Council, but due to a 'breakdown in communication' they were deemed to have turned it down, it is reported.
They were reportedly told they would no longer receive help or accommodation after a week in a bed and breakfast.
Ashkan said: "The council arrived at our house one day and said that our time in the house was up and we had to leave. A lot of our things are still there.
"They said that we had turned down a house when that isn't the case, we were a bit hesitant because of the area.
"Sandra went to view it but nobody turned up to let her in and we couldn't get through to anybody on the phone.
"Because of this, we were served an eviction notice and we were put up in a B&B for the week.
"After the week was up, we were told that we would not be receiving any more help and had to find our own place to live."
In a further twist, the couple claim they were also told that they if they could not put a roof over their children's heads they would be taken off them.
Thankfully, Ashkan and his family have been able to stay at a friend's house while they plan their next steps.
Ashkan, who is unable to work due to injuries suffered in a car crash two years ago, admits he could have handled the situation better, but says he was suffering from the stress of it all.
The former chef said: "The whole situation made me very depressed. All of my hair was falling out from stress, including my eyebrows and my eyelashes.
"I think the council officers think I'm loud and rude to them because of everything that happened. I got very frustrated through it all, and I did not handle the stress very well.
"All I was doing was trying to look after my family. I have been a hard worker and a tax payer all of my life, and I feel like we have been failed.
"If I could work I would."
Ashkan said a problem with housing benefit - which has now been resolved - meant they were unable to pay their rent at their original home.
"The landlord was waiting for the money but he could only wait for so long, and we had to find somewhere else to live," said Ashkan.
The family were then officially homeless, and North East Lincolnshire Council moved them into a property.
Ashkan says the family are now hoping to move into another property soon.
A spokesperson for North East Lincolnshire Council said: "We not only have a duty but really want to help people who find themselves homeless and will offer what support we can, however if this help is not accepted there is little else we can do."
