A homeless pensioner who spent five nights sleeping rough on Piccadilly Gardens has been told he is not eligible for housing from the council he used to work for.
The 79-year-old - who walks with two sticks due to painful arthritic gout - describes the nights he spent sleeping in Manchester city centre as ‘absolutely dreadful’. He is currently living in a B&B thanks to a local charity which is using public donations to put him up.
But when the native Manc - who has never been homeless before - presented to Manchester Council, he was told they had no duty of care as he has not been habitually resident in the UK.
