‘I was evicted from the Heygate and ended up sleeping rough in McDonald’s’

A 64-year-old woman, who was originally ‘evicted’ from the demolished Heygate Estate ended up having to sleep rough in the Old Kent Road McDonald’s.  Amele Getaneh’s story stretches back over ten years to when the sprawling estate in Elephant & Castle was bulldozed to make way for one of the borough’s largest regeneration projects. Nowadays, … Continue reading ‘I was evicted from the Heygate and ended up sleeping rough in McDonald’s’