A council has blamed government benefit restrictions for its decision to evict a family with three children from temporary accommodation after they were unable to attend a viewing for a home more than 180 miles away. Waltham Forest Council stated that it had a “duty to taxpayers” over the decision to end the temporary accommodation it was providing for the family in Lewisham. The council had a duty to house the family, but in June it issued a private sector discharge offer for a home in Stoke-on-Trent. But the family said they were unable to attend a viewing because the father had just started a new job in London. Read more on Inside Housing.
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