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Tory Housing Bill ‘dooms children to live at home’
A FATHER has told the Morning Star of his fears that the Tory Housing Bill will force his adult children to live with him for the rest of their lives.
Harlow’s Sumners estate resident Mick Patrick’s two sons, aged 22 and 24, were still living with him as austerity Britain trapped them in low-waged and precarious jobs.
David Cameron’s plans to end secure tenancies and sell off “high-value” social homes on the open market would leave families like Mr Patrick’s on the brink of homelessness.
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