A Gateshead pensioner says he has been left freezing and "in shock" at council efforts to repair his home of 66 years.
Ken May vacated his Wardley house in September after agreeing to allow the local authority to rewire it and fix it up.
The 68-year-old had been facing eviction in a long-running dispute with the local authority and has been supported by a community campaign to keep him in the property, where he has lived since he was a baby.
