We meet Neville who finds himself on the brink of being evicted
We head to Shrewsbury to meet Neville who, while dealing with the grief of losing his mother, is now also facing eviction. He lived at the house with his mother for decades but the housing association says the house is too big for him alone.
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00:00So Neville we're here in Shrewsbury and your family home, it's been your family home for some years, hasn't it?
00:05How long you lived here? Well, I lived here about
00:08I'm 53 now and I moved in when I was about seven. So it's fair to say your whole life, really
00:14I mean even before that up till seven you were just over the road, weren't you? Yeah
00:19So it was a house you shared with your mother. What was mom's name?
00:22Doreen. And she's no longer with us sadly. She's passed on. Yeah. When did she pass away Neville? In June
00:29So you've been dealing with that that's a tough a tough gig to get your head around, you know
00:33And you lose your mom and you've spent your life with her
00:36Then you had a bit of a letter that you didn't want off the council. Just fill us in on the situation
00:42Well, yeah, they said because it's a three-bedroomed house that I have to move out within a month
00:48and so
00:49They're gonna move me into a one-bedroomed flat. So we'd have to get rid of all the stuff
00:55All my mom's things have been taken and we have to put them into the tip
00:59Because the charity didn't want the cupboards and things because they're too old. Yeah
01:04So, how was that?
01:06I mean, you know you deal you're still in the in the moment of grief really and then you're on to get to the tip
01:11To take your mom's stuff that must have been tough wasn't pleasant. Yeah. Yeah, and then you don't want to move
01:17Do you this this is the house you loved you've got memories tied up with it
01:21What does it mean to you to kind of be here the house you shared with your mother?
01:25Well, there's so many memories in here
01:27In the garden everywhere and nearly 50 years. It's a long time. There's a lot of memories
01:34And you enjoy living here. It's a nice nice place to live neighbors streetwise estate wise. Yeah. Yeah
01:40I mean, it's all I've known really. Yeah. Yeah. So what's the current situation at the minute?
01:45I mean at least are they kind of are they still adamant that they want you out today?
01:49What what type timeline is it? Is it move to now?
01:53Well now they said they still want to look for a flat for me
01:57But they said they can't stay in here and in here because it's a three
02:02Three bedroom time. So even though it's a small house. Well, yeah, I was quite surprised when you said it's a free bed
02:08It's any a semi-detached house. We're talking about isn't it? Yes. It's not as big as they said big house
02:12I don't think it is a big house. Yeah, but they said
02:15It's on specials in special circumstances people can stay in the house and I think living in a house with nearly 50 years
02:22Being a carer
02:24Yeah be interested to know if you don't qualify. What what what are those special circumstances that people have?
02:30Of course when you're a carer, you can't get a full-time job. Yeah, you know, you can't save much money up
02:37And things like that. So you're sort of stuck in that situation
02:39So yeah, you've been looking after your mom for a number of years before she passed. Yeah
02:44She had triple bypass surgery like 14 years ago. I think it was so yeah, and it didn't it wasn't a complete success
02:50Yeah, it's been in and out of hospital since then
02:53Yeah, and then you know the people at the Shrewsbury Hospital saved her life many times. Yeah, lots of ambulance trips. Yeah
03:01So I was it left you feeling at the minute
03:04You must just feel like your world's been turned upside down and there's no it must almost get in the way of
03:11You know coming to terms with the death of your mom I'd think and kind of you know
03:15Accepting that and moving on to the next stage of your life because you don't know where that's gonna be at the minute
03:19Do you really know what they've asked me to write two letters homes plus about how I feel and how depressed I feel
03:26Which I've done because I've absolutely devastated because I think me and my mom we kept each other going. Yeah, and now
03:33But then, you know, they rejected that letter
03:36And I don't understand that yeah
03:39Well, I think it's a tale of caution to a lot of people that just that they don't realize, you know
03:45I think hopefully there can be some special rules brought in for carers to give them extra time. Yeah, totally
03:51Well, we wish you all the best never
03:53Thank you