Sixteen families in Marylebone face eviction after a council error turned affordable social housing into luxury rentals—now landlords demand rents up to eight times higher, forcing residents to choose between crippling payments or homelessness. Despite years of living there, tenants are being told to reapply for homelessness status to find new homes, while the council points to a six-thousand-plus waiting list and says it’s working on solutions—but no guarantees. A 2013 legal loophole, upheld by the Court of Appeal, sealed their fate: these flats are now fair game for private rent at sky-high prices, leaving families in limbo as they scramble to secure schools, jobs, and stability—all because of a bureaucratic slip-up.
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