MORE tenants and residents of the Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle yesterday expressed their anger at the news that Evelyn Amahian and her two-year-old daughter are facing eviction tomorrow morning.
Evelyn says that Southwark Council has gone back on a pledge it made in court to find her alternative temporary accommodation and she will be left on the streets if the eviction goes ahead.
Evelyn insisted that the eviction would be a breach of the pledge that the council made to the court and it should be reported to the court immediately.
Southwark is seeking to force all Heygate tenants out of their homes, under plans to demolish the council estate and hand the land over to private developers.
Evelyn has been treated as a temporary tenant even though she has lived on the Heygate Estate for two years.
Estate residents spoke to News Line.
Edward Martinson said: ‘If she has been there for two years the council should attempt to help her, because of the kids as well.
‘The council should make some provision for her to live somewhere.
‘You can’t throw the kids on the street.’
Mahdi Igal said: ‘They’re threatening us with eviction as well.
‘They sent us a letter last Monday, they have given us a deadline of today.
‘We want to live in this local area where we go to school and my mum’s sick as well.
‘She can’t travel all the way from Dulwich to take her kids to school.’
Yung Chu said: ‘I just think she should have been given more time. It’s not fair.
‘At least give her another place to stay. Leaving her on the streets is ridiculous.
‘Where are they going to house people from Heygate! And this is under the Labour government.’
Ellen Watson said: ‘Nothing surprises us with this council, they just want us out.
‘I was shown a two-bedroom flat. It was put on Homesearch twice because nobody wanted it the first time and in the bathroom and kitchen there were no windows, just a vent.
‘It was so small, you could either have a fridge or a cooker in the kitchen, not both.
‘I never got to the bedrooms because I couldn’t climb up the stairs!’
