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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Business
Gabriel Fowler

Widowed social housing tenant kicked out after 22 years, owing thousands

AN 87-year-old social housing tenant is being turfed out of the house she has lived in for 22 years with her husband, with a debt of more than $12,500.

The woman's husband died just over two years ago, in June 2024, leaving her as the sole tenant. Less than a year later, however, the NSW Land and Housing Corporation wrote to her after learning there were seven "unauthorised" people living at the house with her, including her daughter and granddaughter.

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