The man who had to sofa-surf and stay with friends for a year is compensated.
A council has been ordered to pay £1,000 to a homeless man after it "did nothing" to support him for more than a year.said North Northamptonshire Council may have "created" copies of correspondence after the event to disguise the lack of action.The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman was told that the man had made a homelessness application to the council at the start of 2023.He provided medical evidence to the council of his clinical depression.
A new case worker took over in February this year and made a referral to a supported accommodation provider. The Ombudsman said: “There is no evidence worked with to prevent his homelessness or provide any advice or assistance to him. This was fault.
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