Newborn baby died after family evicted from social housing

Last Updated: October 15, 2015By

A 10-week old baby, born prematurely, died after his parents and sister were evicted from social housing in Warwickshire following the withdrawal of tenancy support, a serious case review has found.

“John,” who was ten-weeks old, died on the night the family was forced from their home in September 2013.

He died during the night while sharing his grandparents’ sofa with one of his parents, Warwickshire Safeguarding Children Board (WSCB) said.

A serious case review into the incident found the eviction had taken place after the social housing agency had withdrawn the family’s tenancy support.

The damning report also ruled a wide range of organizations and state agencies “could have done more” to help the family handle the eviction.

Figures published by homelessness charity Shelter at the start of the year warned that 3 million households across the UK fear missing mortgage or rent payments.

The research found that an overwhelming 60 percent of Britons struggled to cope with their monthly housing costs in January.

Earlier this month, Prime Minister David Cameron unveiled plans to tackle Britain’s housing crisis by changing planning regulations and providing 200,000 discounted ‘starter homes.’

The policy was criticized by Eileen Short of campaign group Defend Council Housing, who said it will divert funds away from vulnerable families.

Source: Newborn baby died after family evicted from social housing — RT UK

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7 Comments

  1. Dez October 15, 2015 at 11:26 am - Reply

    Appalled to read this situation with the childs death and resources/help being denied.
    Ref Camerons PR pledge ref homes he will need some more polish builders the industry cannot find enough UK skilled trades to accommodate the current building program. The standards of the cheaper providers builders are very poor I guess the good builders are employed by the quality companies.. God knows what standards the discounted starter homes will be built to..

    • hugosmum70 October 15, 2015 at 4:08 pm - Reply

      probably fall about peoples ears at first puff of wind. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr @this govt,

  2. alistair lazenby October 15, 2015 at 11:52 am - Reply

    Who ever is in charge of this, locally has the child’s blood on their hands. i hope they have bad luck for the rest of their lives. ids scum has struck again

    • donna marsh October 15, 2015 at 6:09 pm - Reply

      Ids and cameron strike again indeed :( and they do have the blood of this tiny baby on their hands so to do the voters of such scum :( this is an absolute sick world we live in :( sleep tight tiny baby my thoughts and prayers are with the parents of the baby

  3. LilacWhispers October 15, 2015 at 11:55 am - Reply

    So, so sad. My heart goes out to the baby’s parents and family. May God forgive all the people and agencies responsible for this. Rest in peace, little one.

  4. Bookworm October 15, 2015 at 11:59 am - Reply

    Remember the case where a premature baby died after living in a car with homeless parents a couple of weeks ago?

  5. Dave Rowlands October 16, 2015 at 1:10 pm - Reply

    It saddens me that other “human beings” made the choice to remove all help and then evict them. I’m glad I’m from Mars.

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