A MUM who first moved into a council flat at the age of 16 has revealed how she has turned her life around and now wants to encourage others. Stacey had her first baby at the age of 17 and explained that she didn’t have any GCSEs at the time. 4 Stacey is a business owner and also has her own podcast Credit: tiktok.
com/@speakingwithstacey 4 Stacey was 16 and pregnant when she first moved into a council flat Credit: tiktok/@speakingwithstacey But since then, the mum is now self-employed with a successful beauty business and training academy and owns her own home. She took to her TikTok page @speakingwithstacey to share her story, and one of her videos has since gone viral attracting over 1.1 million views.
Stacey shared pictures of her housing journey, which first started off by showing her council flat she lived in at the age of 16. She then went on to explain that she moved into two more council houses, and “settled for any job from the age of 18.” READ MORE ON COUNCIL HOUSES HOUSE THAT DIY fan transforms 'disgusting' council house into chic home with cheap hacks HOUSE ABOUT IT I grew up in a council house and everyone assumes you're a 'scrounger' But when Stacey was 27, she decided to focus on studying beauty before working as a beautician.
However, it wasn’t so easy for her as “child care was a struggle” so she decided to go self employed and create her own beauty business. By the time she was 30, Stacey bought a house and built a salon on the side of it. She sa.