by TOM FOOT
18 February 2010
SHOCKING images from inside the home of a recluse have cast serious doubt over the council’s ability to take care of its most vulnerable tenants.
The pensioner, a mental health patient whose family have asked not to be named, has lived alone in Hampstead, refusing contact with friends of family for more than 25 years.
Neighbours said they had made more than 1,000 complaints to Camden Council about the smell coming from his council bedsit since he was placed there in 1984.
But no social worker or housing officer has gained entrance to the property despite serious concerns he could not take care of himself.
The extent of the living conditions have only come to the attention of the Town Hall after he was taken to the Royal Free following a serious car accident in November.
Neighbours found he had been living in rotting conditions, without any heating, radio, television or phone. They have compared the scenes to “a horror film” and called for the council to improve its service to vulnerable tenants living in street properties.
Monika Caro, who has lived next door to the man since he moved there, gained entry and was met by an overpowering stench and the wreckage of a life failed by the social care and housing system.
AbridgedSOURCE: Camden New Journal
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