Sir,

AS ONE of the thousands of people waiting forever on the council housing list i must ask if you would be so kind as to publish my letter. It is a disgrace that the third generation of the first people to live in Harlow are forced to move out of the town.

My grandparents moved here in the fifties and i am lucky enough to still have my grandmother here. Because I am not a priority because I dont have children and am single I am persecuted by Harlow Council and was told by a local councillor that I will never get a flat or bedist in this town so I might aswell give up the hope of ever having a council property.

This is an outrage and very negative. Why should I be forced to move out of the town I was born in and where my family live because they cannot provide a place for me to live. There was a promise in the fifties that the next generation would get housed, this was true because my Dad got a council flat back in the sixties but now it is my turn as a third generation of Harlow people and I am told it will never happen.

Personally I think the Council should keep their promises and stop persecuting people for not being blessed with wealth and prioritise their council lists a little better. And before you ask I cannot go into private rent because i dont have a guarantor, many other people have got council bedists and flats, I deserve one too. And yes I’ve got the hump.

Thanks for listening.

Clare Harrison