Residents living in the tiny pods in a council car park were told they must leave by December 18 until the new year because workers wouldn’t be available for routine maintenance.
The four pods, in Exeter’s Howell Road Car Park, each have a bed, toilet and a USB charging port and solar-powered lighting.
When they were installed in 2023, Exeter City Council said they were offered to rough sleepers who had ‘no alternative accommodation available’.
Busker Kebba ‘Kenny’ Sarge, 54, who has been homeless for 11 years said he’s facing a lonely Christmas sleeping in a tent in a park.
He said: ‘They just said they don’t have enough staff. I know everybody wants Christmas off but I feel let down by the council.
‘It’s unspeakable that we are put in this spot, it’s our only help and suddenly it’s gone.
‘People are dying on the streets but if I
don’t leave they will bring the police here to throw me out and they
will never help me again....<<<Read More>>>....
