I’m being evicted from my house where I’ve lived for 50 years because my mum died – I’m facing homelessness

A MAN is facing homelessness aft helium was evicted from the location wherever helium has lived for 50 years - due to the fact that his mum died.

Neville Pass, 53, has lived successful the three-bedroom semi successful Shrewsbury since the 1970s.

After Neville's 4 siblings moved retired and his dada died, helium was near unsocial with his mum Doreen.

For the past 3 years, Neville was Doreen's full-time carer arsenic she slipped into mediocre health - earlier she died successful June aged 83.

As helium was coming to presumption with her loss, Neville was slapped with an eviction notice.

Neville was told helium was nary longer classed arsenic a carer for his mum and the semi was "too big" for his needs.

He slammed lodging bosses for "coldly" booting him from his puerility location erstwhile helium has small money aft years caring for his mum.

Neville said the eviction announcement besides demanded helium emptied the house, truthful helium was forced to instrumentality each of his mum's belongings to the tip.

The assembly has since told Neville they are improbable to beryllium capable to find him a caller location due to the fact that helium is not classed arsenic disabled.

'NOT APPRECIATED'

Neville said: "My mum was a beauteous lady, precise kind, and enactment up with a batch of symptom successful the past years.

"But we ever managed to grin astir thing and bask the section countryside.

"For the past 3 years I was her full-time carer. But she passed distant earlier this year, aft years of bosom kidney and liver problems.

"Housing Plus person present asked maine to permission due to the fact that it is simply a three-bedroom location and I americium not a carer immoderate more.

"They said I could enactment lone successful 'special circumstances' but they don't see my concern arsenic a 'special circumstance' .

"I person lived present each my life. As a full-time carer you can't get a full-time occupation oregon a owe oregon prevention overmuch money.

"So to beryllium asked to permission a location aft astir 50 years is uncaring and cold.

"They said I had to bare the house, truthful I had to instrumentality each of my mum's things and propulsion them successful the tip.

"They person allowed maine to enactment temporarily successful the location but I person to spell soon."

Neville added: "I'm paying afloat rent - I'm connected benefits truthful can't adjacent spend the heating.

"I asked the assembly for assistance and they said they would effort to assistance maine find a house.

"But due to the fact that I'm not disabled they they said it was improbable they would beryllium capable to find maine one.

"I spent much than 10 years with my mum helping her, particularly astatine night.

"She was ever breathless due to the fact that of her bosom problem. I helped calm her down and gave her oxygen.

"I was told radical similar maine prevention the NHS millions - but present I'm coldly being told to leave."

Neville said: "I conjecture carers are not appreciated arsenic overmuch successful Shrewsbury.

"I anticipation rules tin beryllium enactment successful spot to assistance carers readjust to beingness alternatively of being told you're not a carer anymore and made homeless."

'HUGE DEMAND'

Housing Plus's Les Clarke said: "I americium atrocious to perceive astir this concern which I recognize is precise upsetting for our customer.

"We are supporting and helping him to find a suitable location and helium is remaining successful the existent spot whilst this process takes place."

Clarke added: "We ever enactment to enactment our customers successful these circumstances.

"We bash our champion to find suitable alternate accommodation for them.

"However, it is important that we usage our lodging banal arsenic efficiently arsenic we can. There is immense request for larger properties successful this area.

"We person galore radical connected our waiting database including radical surviving successful impermanent accommodation."