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Family wins High Court legal battle for social housing priority
Southwark council claimed the family of five moved into overcrowded studio flat in gentrified area as a ‘deliberate act’
A FAMILY blamed for causing their own overcrowding by a London council has won a High Court battle to be prioritised for social housing.
The legal action was launched after Southwark council excluded the family of five from social housing, claiming that their move into overcrowded accommodation was a “deliberate act.”
Milton Laines Roman, who moved to London from Ecuador in 2016, has been living in a tiny studio flat with his wife and three children in the heavily gentrified area of Elephant and Castle for five years.
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