An 83-year-old pensioner has been asked to leave the council house he has lived in for 74 years in order to make way for a family. Barnet Council told Edward Meakins that he would have to move out of his home in Cricklewood, north London because they cannot justify letting him live in the three-bedroom property alone when there is a shortage of council houses. Mr Meakins moved into the house with his parents in 1936, and shared the house with his sister Margaret until she died in May. Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary, last month warned that pensioners could be moved from their ‘under-occupied’ homes to make room for families needing more space. A spokesman for Barnet Homes, which manages properties for Barnet Council, said: ‘We sympathise with Mr Meakins’s position. ‘However, Mr Meakins is living in a three-bedroom council house, which are in very short supply in Barnet. Read more on Inside Housing.
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