Children are separated from parents left homeless by 'no fault' evictions, says charity worker 💬 “I’ve got a pile of more than 300 cases of section 21 notices, and there’s nothing we can do,” Mrs Lonsdale told theipaper
a soaring number of families being left homelessFigures released last week by the Government showed the number of people facing homelessness as a result of Section 21 notices – where landlords can tell tenants to move out without a reason – is up 76 per cent this year.
Denise Lonsdale, who has volunteered at the Bolton Advice Centre for more than 40 years, says she has never seen so many people in need. Figures show 366 households were at risk of homelessness in Bolton between April and June this year, of which 46 cases were a result of a Section 21 notice.Mrs Lonsdale, 69, said the result is that many families in Bolton are being split up, with children going to live with grandparents while parents take whatever accommodation they can get, either sleeping on couches or taking single rooms.
“They kept the fridge freezer and the washer and gave everything else away because they didn’t have anywhere else to go. It happened so quick. But she says she feels “sad” and “disheartened” by the current level of poverty she is seeing in Bolton., the hard-hitting TV play about homelessness which shocked Britain in the 1960s, Mrs Lonsdale said: “I would rather go back to the 60s. I don’t really want it [the BEM medal].
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