Premier Alex Scott and his wife have promised to help an elderly lady who lives in terrible conditions in a house that they rent her, following a report.

The angry daughter of 82-year-old Esther Williams had branded the couple irresponsible landlords for charging her mother $300 of her $582 pension for a home that has no bathing facilities and is plagued by mice and termites.

Now, Sharan Samuels says, the Scotts have visited her mother at her dilapidated home on Tribe Road Number One, Warwick, and told her that the situation will be addressed.

On Friday, Mrs. Samuels told that the property, which also has peeling paint and rotten stairs, is unfit to live in.

She contacted the paper without her mother?s knowledge while she was in hospital with a broken hip, saying that the senior had not complained about the problem herself as she was terrified of being evicted from the home she has occupied since 1964.

She condemned the Premier and his wife, Olga, for never having visited the house to check on its condition, saying: ?The Premier needs to find out about this, and how serious it is, and not go around collecting rent from elderly people living in conditions like this.

?I?d like for him to come and live in these conditions and see how he likes it.?

Mrs. Scott responded by stating that it is she, not her husband, who is responsible for managing the property, which is owned by the Premier?s brother, James Scott.

She said she was unaware of any problems at the address as she had not inspected it since she took over the management around a year ago and had not been alerted to any problem by Mrs. Williams.

However, report had the desired effect, declared Mrs. Samuels yesterday, as the Premier and his wife visited Mrs. Williams on Saturday afternoon to assure her that action will be taken to renovate the house.

?They told my mother they didn?t know that she had been in hospital, and Mrs. Scott said she understood that she was not pleased with the housing situation,? said Mrs. Samuels.

?Mr. Scott said he would look for a new place for her and that they might have to knock down the house rather than repair it. He said that, once, finished, she would be able to go back.

?It was nice for them to come and visit and show a little bit of concern, but I had to make a noise before that happened.My momma was not happy with the situation and I was looking out for her as at her age, you need someone looking out for you.

?I know that she is is happy in some ways that I spoke up.?

Mrs. Samuels added that the Premier and his wife had not given an indication of when Mrs. Williams might be found alternative accommodation, when renovation work will start, or whether her mother?s rent would increase.

When contacted by , Mrs. Scott confirmed that she and her husband had met with Mrs. Williams, and that renovation work will be carried out.

However, she declined to comment further until proposals have been put to Mrs. Williams in writing.