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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ruby Gregory

South London family 'moved further down an emergency housing queue' plan to fight High Court ruling

A south London family allegedly moved further down an emergency housing queue are planning to appeal a High Court decision which concluded that the council’s operation of its direct offer waiting list is lawful.

Carmen Castro Guallichico, who lives in an overcrowded home with two severely autistic children in Southwark, claimed her position on the council’s direct offer waiting list for social housing went backwards over a six-month period.

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