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    'Not fit for human habitation' — the families still languishing in Acton's unsafe shipping container estate

    by Anna White Mar 12, 2024 5 minutes
    Source: Daniel Hambury/Stella Pictures Ltd

    A group of angry householders are taking on Ealing Council and seeking compensation after being dumped in rusting shipping containers on a crime-riddled estate in Acton.

    The law firm Anthony Gold is acting for seven residents and former residents of Meath Court who have a claim under the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, Homes & Property reveals.

    "The shipping containers at Meath Court are not fit for human habitation,” says Eleanor Solomon, partner at Anthony Gold Solicitors. “They are too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter, mouldy due to poor insulation and leaks and the estate as a whole is not safe," Solomon adds.

    "Containers are not homes and it is degrading to be forced to live in these conditions.”

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