A nurse says her home has become a “prison” as she awaits fire-risk repairs.
Lava Princeton, 29, is in a complex swathed in plastic sheeting since the dangers of flammable cladding emerged.
The NHS frontline hero is among hundreds in the City Gate complex in Manchester.
Work is on hold and residents have been told their balconies could be locked while scaffolding is in place.
Lava, who works at Oldham Hospital, fears forcing people to live in poorly ventilated flats is “a huge Covid risk”.
She said: “It’s dangerous. I’ve worked in Covid wards for months and I know the effects of poor ventilation.
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"They are denying tenants of oxygen in their flats. There’s no other ventilation. It’s stale air.
“The plastic wrapping is horrible and blocks out daylight.
"I’ve no idea what the weather is when I wake up. I mostly sit in my bedroom because the living room is dark.
"We are being locked in our flats – prison-like.”
City Gate requires £11m of cladding repairs. Rendall and Rittner, which manages City Gate, said a final decision on restricting balconies would be taken after talks with fire chiefs.
