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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Anna Tims

Southwark Council’s sewage repair delays have left us homeless

An ad put out by Southwark Council flagging up home  improvements.
An ad put out by Southwark Council flagging up home improvements. Photograph: Jeffrey Blackler/Alamy

My three-year-old daughter and I face homelessness because mismanagement by Southwark Council has left my leasehold flat uninhabitable.

A sewage pipe in a communal waste stack burst behind a panel in my kitchen back in November 2023. Southwark took over a month to address it, during which time sewage spilled into the flat, forcing us to move out. When its team finally attended, it drilled through an asbestos insulation panel without testing first for asbestos. This violated asbestos regulations.

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