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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Liam Thorp

Family forced to live with nan because of 'destruction' in their street

A woman living in the Wavertree area of Liverpool has told how she is currently trying to move out of her home and squeeze her family into her mother's house, so she can leave the 'destruction' of the area behind.

The ECHO has been reporting on widespread issues facing long-term residents of the Picton area, who have seen their community torn apart by a huge influx of cramped, shared housing as students have poured into the area in recent years.

Landlords have converted huge numbers of family homes in the area into Houses of Multiple Occupancy (HMO), fitting six, seven or even eight people in each. The results have been irreparable for those people who call the area home.

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