Disabled, autistic and homeless: Who will care for Chloe?

Chloe Leighton is in the disabled toilet of a busy bar, and begs the phone with her social worker to find her a place to stay for the night.

She takes on the conversation because she doesn’t trust anyone anymore. What makes her situation even more dangerous is that Chloe is disabled and autistic.

Until recently, the 33-year-old’s life was happy and stable.

Then in November last year in November last year and could not take care of her, leaving her alone.

“Dad would protect me from all these people. He was the obstacle, ‘she says.

Because of her vulnerabilities, her local council in Buckinghamshire had a legal duty to find her emergency residence and support for social care – except that she says it did not happen.

Initially, the council, then friends and family paid for hotel accommodation, but the money ended and now Chloe hasn’t been going anywhere.

“Nobody knows what to do with me,” she explains. “I fall through the gaps.”

‘Form and antisocial behavior’

The law says that any accommodation should be suitable for Chloe’s needs, but if she refuses somewhere, the council no longer has to do to house her, but it can still support her.

So when the council offered her a place in a residence with a bad reputation in a rural place, she refused it.

About 160,000 households live in temporary accommodation in the UK – and even if it costs £ 2.3 billion a year – its quality is often poor.

Sky News saw that the residence was offered Chloe. Residents there told us that there is mold and antisocial behavior.

They demanded that someone offered a place there to reject it.

Chloe struggled to arrange a visit to the residence and was not confident that her needs in social care met there.

A few weeks after refusing the residence, the council wrote to her and explained that they no longer have an obligation to find her accommodation.

The bar in which she was sheltered closed. Her friends and family could no longer pay for hotels.

With no side backwards, Chloe faced her first night on the street.

This is where I found her, scared and alone in the cold.

“I don’t know what to do, I’ve never been like that before,” she said.

I decided to call the police.

As I was holding onto, Chloe received a call from the out of the hour, which was made aware that we were filming the exchange.

Chloe’s disability should not meet

After weeks of refusal to give her alternative accommodation, she offered a place in a hotel a short distance away and she accepted.

But when she got there, there was a problem.

The room was not accessible to wheelchairs.

She couldn’t use the toilet in the room or nowhere in the hotel.

Her fears of not getting suitable accommodation were realized. It was 03:00.

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A Buckinghamshire Council spokesman said: “We stand by the actions of our staff and as an organization regarding the content that appears in this piece. We take our duty on care very seriously in any resident who is required to the housing and/or social care and follows the process and procedures that are strict and the letter.

“We cannot discuss details about any individual matter, but recognize the incredibly difficult circumstances that an individual or household will experience if they have come to us for help. We keep the person in the heart of everything we do, and do what we can to adapt our support offering to their individual needs.

“Some cases may be long and complicated, with different phases that may include emergency response, other offers of support, and eventually we want to provide a long -term solution that meets the needs of the individual or household. At all points in the process, any individual or household has the right to refuse any support or options. have to have a solution to have a solution to have a solution to have a solution to have a solution to have a solution to have a solution to have a solution to meet their needs, within our statutory duty.

According to the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the budgets of social care for adults in the Council of Social Care in the Council of Almost £ 600m.

A government spokesman told us that they had inherited a devastating housing crisis and a social care system ‘which committed to determining them.

They pointed out their provision of the ‘largest cash reinforcement in homeless prevention services’, adding that they also deliver ‘£ 26 billion for health and social care’ and that Baroness Louise Casey has appointed to lead an independent commission “to set up an social care system that is fair and affordable for all”.