20-12-2018 20:00 via theguardian.com

Disabled woman evicted before Christmas … for highlighting the damp

Plight of Surrey resident who never missed a rent payment in 12 years puts focus on lack of tenant securityIt is two weeks before Christmas and boxes are strewn across the living room of an apartment in Weybridge, an affluent town in the chancellor Philip Hammond’s leafy Surrey constituency.Despite the time of year, this is not a festive gift-wrapping session. Instead, the packages contain the possessions of a 63-year-old woman, moving out of her home at a far from ideal time of year. Cont
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