Die First Lady von Sierra Leone verteidigt den Besitz einer Sozialwohnung in London

So, from 2018 I’ll assume she either been Subletting or just have the flat sits empty?

Cant read the link because paywall. But read elsewhere. Yeah, I think this is pretty shit. „My kids live there“ – on their own, one assumes, so adults.

Sounds like she had a rough start and that coming to the UK and accessing UK support systems helped her. Now she’s doing great things like campaigning against child marriage in her home country. Amazing and positive story. Now give up the council house so another family can similarly benefit.

For others similarly without a Telegraph subscription:

*Something else she gained in the UK was a council flat in Southwark in central London, a home she still keeps today where her children live.*

*As a form of social housing, council homes are usually cheaper to rent than private accommodation and applicants have to meet certain criteria.*

*The fact that a sitting first lady, who lives in a presidential mansion in the capital, Freetown, retains a tenancy has drawn criticism in both the British and Sierra Leonean press.*

*With more than 18,000 people on the borough’s waiting list for housing, the council’s website says that „even people in the greatest need can face several years‘ wait“.*

*But it is a situation she defends. „My children are all British citizens,“ she says. „I’m paying for my council house myself. I have not committed any crime.“*

*In a statement, Southwark council told the BBC that it does not comment on individual tenancies but „if there is doubt that tenants are meeting the obligations in their tenancy agreement, we carry out regular checks and investigations to determine that those obligations are being met“ .*

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgzpz7zyd4o

But if she lives no more in the UK, why does she still have the right to keep the council flat? No wonder there are such long queues for one.