A disabled mother may have to resort to sleeping in a car with we daughter after they were kicked out of their house by a South London council.
Pauline Roye, 62, has been kipping on a mattress in the kitchen of her previous house, due to mould problems in the bedrooms. But now she and daughter Nashstacia Gayle, 28, may have to use their car as their home after Lewisham Council cancelled their temporary accommodation in Catford – they had been rehoused there as their previous landlord had evicted them after falling behind on rent payments, after being forced to close her Jamaican street food stall during the pandemic, reports MyLondon.
The council gave them the option of moving into a house in Ilford, after Pauline had asked to be moved as the state of her living quarters was giving her breathing problems. But that is over an hour away on public transport in East London and Pauline rejected the offer as she is awaiting a knee replacement and can’t walk without assistance, so would struggle to reach hospital appointments.
