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Britain’s housing crisis: Refugee family given just one week to find new home

Jayne and her children won their long battle for the right to stay in the UK. Then they faced a fresh fight, with security company G4S.

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Two weeks after they were granted leave to stay in the UK, Jayne* and her two children were served with an eviction notice by their landlord, G4S. They had one week to leave their home. 

I sat with Jayne in her small, sparsely furnished living room as she told me what happened. 

The eviction letter had been delivered to Jayne’s ground floor flat by a G4S housing officer on the morning of Wednesday 31 October. “You must leave this address by 12 noon on 07/11/2018. Please ensure that you take all personal belongings with you,” the letter said.