Who voted for this
Interviews with people dealing with housing problems and welfare cuts. Dislike for those who let it all happen.
Kate Belgrave
Journalist and blogger
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kate@katebelgrave.com
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Who voted for this
Autistic and disabled child evicted from a council home - councils really don't have to do this
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In this episode, we speak with Kyla who will be evicted from her Hackney council home by bailiffs next week.
Kyla has an 8-year-old autistic and disabled son. She's lived in the council place for about 18 years.
As you'll hear in this episode, Kyla hasn't "done" anything terrible or even anything terribly wrong... but it's a cold world we're in. She will be evicted unless the bailiff's warrant is suspended.
At best, Kyla and her family will end up in a dreadful temp housing hovel somewhere. It'll break her son's much-needed routine and probably his mind as that is how it usually goes with autistic kids. He's always lived in this place and gone to the same school where he has 1-2-1 support. Kids with autism do not cope at all well with change.
The council really could let them stay. It really could.
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