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Tenant wins battle to stop Westminster council moving her out of London | Law | The G

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  • Tenant wins battle to stop Westminster council moving her out of London | Law | The G

    A single mother of five children has won a protracted legal battle and prevented Westminster council from removing her family to Milton Keynes. Titina Nzolameso’s victory at the supreme court will have a significant impact on how councils carry out their duty to house the homeless. The number of families forced to accept accommodation outside... Read more »
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    Her rent of £1,150 per week was covered by housing benefit until 2012 when a cap was placed on the amount payable for privately rented properties according to their size and locality. She was no longer able to afford the rent, and the landlord was not prepared to reduce it, so she was evicted in November 2012.

    The council eventually offered her a five-bedroomed house in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, which she rejected because it was too far away from her GP and from those who helped her with the children. She would also have had to change the children’s schools.

    Because she rejected the offer, Westminster council informed her that it no longer had a duty to accommodate her. She appealed against the decision. At one stage her children were taken into care.
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