Bailiffs refused to assist evict a disabled man from the flat he was born in after the demise of his mum.
Stephen Oakeshott, 54, has mentioned he’s being ordered out of his council dwelling in after each his mother and father died in New Addington, Croydon.
The flat was in his mum Carol’s title, and was by no means handed on after she died unexpectedly two years in the past.
However Croydon Council claimed they didn’t have the accountability to deal with Stephen – who has mobility points and studying difficulties – any extra after his mum’s demise.
He advised Metro: ‘I’m about to lose the whole lot I’ve grown up with, it’s making me in poor health – I’m struggling suits and having panic assaults.
‘I’m so scared, I don’t know what’s going to occur.’
Stephen’s mum Carol, whose title was on the tenancy, died within the flat two years in the past after struggling a cardiac arrest.
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Croydon Council ordered him out of the house, however when bailiffs turned up final Thursday, they advised Stephen ‘they couldn’t put him by way of it’.
Stephen mentioned: ‘I used to be so nervous earlier than they got here, however once they arrived they mentioned they have been shocked the council was doing this to me, they usually wouldn’t be going by way of with it.’
He has since been advised a social employee will now be rehousing him within the subsequent two weeks, however Stephen is desperately making an attempt to remain in his dwelling.
The council claimed that as a result of Stephen was additionally registered to a different tackle in Tottenham, he needed to vacate the flat.
However he defined that the flat was closed up years in the past when he moved again in along with his mum after 4 years of dwelling aside.
Stephen mentioned: ‘I attempted to clarify to them that the flat shouldn’t be usable as a result of it was all closed up with the assist of my psychological well being crew once I wanted to maneuver again in with my mum.
‘However they wouldn’t hear, and now I’m nonetheless being kicked out.’
Croydon Council advised Metro: ‘While we perceive that it is a tough and upsetting scenario for Mr. Oakeshott, we need to make clear that he was not a named tenant at his relative’s dwelling, and there was no proof that he was dwelling there throughout the related interval to be eligible to stay within the property.
‘Mr. Oakeshott’s case was delivered to courtroom on July 19, 2024, the place the choose granted an outright possession order, which means the courtroom decided that Mr. Oakeshott was not entitled to stay within the property.
‘We’re additionally conscious that Mr. Oakeshott is registered as dwelling at a property in a distinct London borough.
‘We now have communicated the explanations for our selections to Mr. Oakeshott and have achieved our greatest to assist him by way of this course of.’
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