'This is a place for animals - not for human beings.' Lulu Akubaker tells Sky News the converted shipping container she lives in is not fit for her family. She was offered it as temporary accommodation by the local council. More here:
She said:"When I got the phone call, he said, 'oh, we have a flat for you'."When they tell you, they make it out like it's a flat or a house, but no, it's a shipping container."Ms Tertullien, who had to move out of her family home because of overcrowding, is now living in one of the 34 containers, which have been stacked up and clad with wood to resemble a housing estate.
She said the lack of circulation means the containers are prone to overheating, and that leads to condensation dripping from the ceiling. Someone else - who had been in the Calais"jungle" in France - cried when she arrived at her new home. Polly Neate, chief executive of Shelter, said homelessness was"robbing... children of a decent childhood".
"We constantly hear from struggling families forced to accept unsuitable, and sometimes downright dangerous accommodation because they have nowhere else to go.In 2018, 23,000 families were put in temporary accommodation outside their home council area, having a"deeply disruptive impact".
"It is a scandal that a country as prosperous as ours is leaving tens of thousands of families in temporary accommodation for long periods of time, or to sofa surf.
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