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Harassment by councils - when you're trying keep a disabled boy housed

Harassment by councils - when you're trying keep a disabled boy housed22 Feb15 min

In this episode, we hear about the ways that councils can drive people in housing need to the brink. This episode is the 4th about a family with a disabled and autistic 8 year old boy. Hackney council is trying to evict this family - with bailiffs - from their council home of 18 years. The boy's paediatric doctor is so concerned about the threat this eviction poses to the little boy's health that she's making a safeguarding referral - ie she feels that the boy needs protecting from the ...