Lyall Bills & Young and CF Møller get go-ahead to convert 70s office into flats Digital Edition: Lyall Bills & Young and CF Møller get go-ahead to convert 70s office into flats Lyall Bills & Young and CF Møller have won planning permission to convert a 1970s Brutalist office block in Chatham, Kent, into flats
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Council apologises after mother and son left to live in tent during pandemic
A mother and her teenager were forced to sleep in a tent for almost two months after Medway Council failed to house them during the pandemic, an investigation has found.
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman found the council missed at least five opportunities to house the pair during the summer of 2020.
This included asking them to leave their temporary accommodation in the middle of July 2020 despite Government guidance stating that landlords should work with renters experiencing financial difficulties as a result of COVID-19.
Michael King, Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman, said: Our investigations into issues occurring during the pandemic have to balance the difficult circumstances and the speed at which laws were changing, against what should have reasonably happened.