A SINGLE mother-of-five facing eviction from sheltered housing in York has said her family will be left on the street.

Tracey Rennison, 36, of Ordnance Lane, has until next week to find alternative accommodation after housing bosses gave her four weeks' notice to quit her council home.

But she says they will not help her find somewhere else to live within York, where she has lived all her life.

The eviction notice was one of five served on families in the troubled street last month, following a catalogue of alleged disturbances there.

Nearby Fulford residents held an emergency meeting just weeks ago to complain about problems including vandalism and late-night noise which, they say, are making their lives a misery.

Mrs Rennison, a former cleaner, said she and her five children, aged between three and 14, were being left with nowhere to turn by City of York Council after just seven months in the street.

She said: "I think it's all wrong, what they are doing.

"They are rehousing drug addicts and other people who really should be kicked out, but me, a parent with five kids, gets thrown out on to the street.

"There's nowhere, really, unless I go private, which I can't because I'm on the dole and I'm one parent. I just don't know what else to do."

Mrs Rennison fears that her children will suffer as they will be forced to leave their friends and schools, where her eldest daughters are beginning to work towards their GCSE exams.

A spokesman for City of York Council said: "We have taken action against a number of residents in our homeless hostel for nuisance behaviour.

"Every one of these families has been warned to moderate their behaviour or face eviction.

"Fellow hostel residents and other people living in the area have had to put up with noise, bad language and incidents where the police have had to be called.

"This resident of the hostel is one of those and she has received both verbal and written warnings.

"We have served four weeks notice on her's and four other families to quit and we will go to court to ensure they do, if necessary.

"City of York Council does its very best to help people in need of housing and we have given these families every opportunity to improve their behaviour.

"However, the council will not tolerate nuisance behaviour and we will act firmly when necessary."

Updated: 12:04 Monday, August 12, 2002