A grieving young man has ended up on the streets of Liverpool after a callous landlord kicked him out of his home just three weeks after his mum died.
The 29-year-old is originally from Liverpool, but was living in Hampshire with his mother who sadly died three weeks ago.
He has now moved back to his home city and is living on the streets.
His story has come to light after he came into contact with homeless campaigners in Liverpool last night.
The Papercup Project is a volunteer organisation headed up by Michelle Langan. It involves teams of people heading around the city offering food, clothes, supplies and support to those living on the streets of the city.
Michelle took to twitter to share the heartbreaking story of the young man she met last night.
She tweeted: "We just met one lad who has been homeless for a week. Just 29 - his mum died 3 weeks ago and landlord has kicked him out as he wasn’t on the tenancy."
Explaining more about the man's circumstances to the ECHO, she added: "We know most of the faces on the street as we see them each week, so when we see someone new we know right away.
"Last night we met a young lad who told us he had only been on the streets for two weeks.
"He was originally from Liverpool but had been living down South with his mum.
"When his mum died recently, the private landlord wouldn't let him stay as he wasn't on the tenancy for the house."
Michelle said housing issues following on from the death of relatives is becoming an increasing reason why young people are ending up sleeping rough.
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She added: "We are seeing this more and more - people becoming homeless when a parent or relative dies, and they aren't on the tenancy agreement.
"He was only 29 - its easy to see how people can slip through the cracks."
Michelle and the Papercup team always recommend Liverpool City Council's official night shelter, Labre House, as a place for those newly on the streets of the city to seek shelter.
Sadly in this case, she said the young man did not want to take up the offer.
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She said: "He won’t go into shelter. We always recommend Labre, but he prefers to keep himself to himself while he waits for a hostel space.
"We always signpost to official shelter. Sometimes they won’t go in."
It is hoped that a space at a shelter will be found for the man in the coming days.
