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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Philip James Lynch

My mum suddenly died of cancer – now the council want to kick me out of our family home

A west London man whose mum died of cancer is facing eviction from his childhood home because of tenancy succession rules.

Kyle Rolfe, 25, says Ealing Council is asking him to leave the Hanwell property he’s lived in since he was three years old because the tenancy was transferred to his sister who has now moved out. Under the UK’s succession rules, a council home can only be passed on once.

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