I’m shocked… are you?
A piece in the Money section of a broadsheet this weekend, written by Benedict J Smith, made me do a double take.
Surely this can’t be happening. Where is the public outcry? Shouldn’t this be front page news?
The article revealed that tenants who have lived in their homes for years are being evicted to make way for homeless families from a neighbouring borough — effectively pushing them into homelessness themselves.
👉 Make that make sense.
Where is the logic?
Take Su Su Myat and her husband. They’ve lived in their flat for 16 years in the London Borough of Richmond. Their private landlord sold the block to Westminster City Council for around £16 million.
In March, all tenants were issued Section 21 eviction notices and told they must leave by 10 May 2026.
The UK’s housing crisis is well known — but is this really the right solution?
🤔 What do you think?