Understandably angry, I'd say. She's used the Merton Council housing solutions system to find a tenant for her house. A mother of five moved in, caused £2,000 of damage, then refused to leave after the 12 month tenancy agreement expired, and caused a further £8,000 of damage before being evicted. To make matters worse, the local council assisted the tenant in fighting the eviction. Read more here.

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"If we could afford that extra five grand we could probably afford to live in Caterham or Banstead, but we can't."

... That's a resident of Merton's Pollard's Hill estate, on news that managers Moat Housing Group want to replace the greens with parking bays, at a cost of £5,000 per resident. Full story, here.