Ridiculous as man get kicked out of home by squatters

A good Samaritan who opened up his house to a homeless family claims his “friends” locked him out and began squatting in his property.

Delton Anderson says it’s now him who is homeless.

I’m absolutely devastated, the 60-year-old told the Basildon Canvey Southend Echo News, who lives an hour east of London in Basildon.

It’s a couple with three kids who are now living in my house.

Mr Anderson said he let the family come and stay, who has known for five or six years, to help them save enough money to buy their own home when they were evicted from their old place.

After a couple of months I started to ask them if they’d built up enough money, he said.

They kept saying soon. They then just locked me out. They’re literally squatting in my house.

The alleged good Samaritan has been living with his daughters since February and said his appeals for help have been ignored.

The police and the council were working together to remove them until the police cancelled it. The police have told me I can change the locks but that won’t get rid of them, Mr Anderson said.

I’m so stressed. It is getting ridiculous.

A spokesperson from the Basildon Council said because the issue is a civil matter it does not have the authority to intervene and take action.

However, as a gesture of goodwill we have put the owner of the property in contact with the Citizen’s Advice Bureau to begin the legal process, which we understand is ongoing.

The police have also been to the property several times to assist.

***What will you do if it was you?