A pregnant mother of four who faced eviction from her home at the weekend has been given a last-minute reprieve.

Diane McQueen?s landlord has allowed the family of six to remain in the Warwick property ?indefinitely? while they continue to search for a new home.

Meanwhile the family has been invited to speak with assistant Cabinet secretary Judith Hall-Bean, who will investigate any resources the Government has to assist the family.

But yesterday Miss McQueen?s mother said that her daughter would not be able to attend the meeting because of concerns for her and her unborn child?s health.

Miss McQueen?s mother, who did not want to be identified by name for fear of receiving the same ridicule as her daughter, said her daughter had become ill since the public began ?attacking? her on radio talk shows and ?nasty e-mails?.

?The baby hasn?t moved for a while and Diane was pretty stressed out by the whole thing,? she said.

She said she could not believe how badly people were treating her daughter just because she had gone to the newspaper for help.

?This whole episode has just dampened her spirits and had made her physically ill,? she said. ?The stress is just too much!?

She said Diane was told by her doctor to stay in bed with her feet up because of possible complications with her pregnancy.

Miss McQueen, 22, approached last week for help in finding an affordable home after she was denied social assistance and help from the Bermuda Housing Corporation.

She has been on a waiting list for housing for three years and could not get social assistance recently because she faced becoming homeless ? and losing her children to social services in the process.

Miss McQueen lives in Khyber Heights in Warwick with her four children and her mother, but the house was sold at the beginning of the year and the new landlord asked her to move so that he could work on the property.

Miss McQueen?s mother said yesterday that her daughter?s social worker had been in contact over the weekend and reassured her that they would be doing everything possible to keep the family together.

?The only good thing to come out of this is that they?re now working to keep the family together as opposed to taking her kids away from her,? she said.