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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Ethan Davies

'We went straight from her dying to a fight': Grieving son told to leave council house he shared with his mum 16 days after she died

A grieving Tesco worker is locked in a battle to find a new council house just weeks after his mum died.

Robert Jones, who works two jobs seven days a week to make ends meet, has been told he can't stay there permanently. The 51-year-old, of Stockport, had lived at the three-bedroom home with his mum Margaret and partner for three months.

However, just 16 days after his mother died from septicaemia aged 73, her carer Robert was told he had to leave because he had not lived in the property for more than 12 months. He is fighting to find a new place to live that accommodates his sleep apnea medical condition, when your breathing stops and starts and means he cannot share a bed with his partner.

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