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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Bancroft

Mother and daughter forced to sleep in living room after council puts homeless family in one-bed flat

Sonia pictured with her daughter on the beds they sleep on in their council flat - (Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth)

A mother-of-two has been forced to sleep with her daughter in their living room for over a year after a London council put the homeless family in a one-bed flat.

Sonia Monteiro, 44, is taking Hackney council to court over their cramped living conditions, which she says are disrupting her children’s sleep and ability to do schoolwork.

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