A security worker has threatened to stop paying rent after flood problems have rendered some of his home uninhabitable.

Bob De Vries, 60, of St Giles Close, Maldon, claimed the housing association has had a “slapdash” attitude to a leak in his loft, which caused his home to be flooded.

Mr De Vries, who works as a security guard at Great Leighs Racecourse, said the situation hadn’t been properly resolved since the situation was discovered three-and-a-half weeks ago.

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