Seventy-four-year-old grandmother Jeanette Yaboa* is currently living with her two grandsons in a room in a Travelodge.

They have been there for three months after being evicted from a one-bedroom flat. They have nowhere to cook or wash clothes. She is "worried" and says her mental health has plummeted.

A Lambeth Council spokesperson told the i that the council faces “a severe housing crisis” because of a growing gulf between “the demand for accommodation and the number of affordable homes available” as well as “a lack of adequate government funding to deal with this issue”.

Read the council's full statement and the full article 🔗 https://shorturl.at/lvRS5

*Name changed to protect identity

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