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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Jacob Phillips

Camden resident forced to live in 'wooden shack without heating or hot water' after broken lift made home inaccessible

An Ombudsman report has revealed a number of failings by Camden Council -

A Camden resident with arthritis moved to a wooden shack with no heating or hot water after the lift in his building broke and it was too painful for him to use the stairs.

The resident, who relies on a service dog and has chronic obstructive pulmonary disease - a lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe - faced climbing up and down 94 steps four times a day to leave his home.

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