Lanarkshire tenant to be decanted from home after years of flooding hell

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A housing association tenant plagued with flooding issues for more than 10 years will now have to be decanted from her property.

Linda Brown, 59, suffers from degenerative osteoarthritis in her hips, knees and feet and has been beset with problems since she first moved into the West of Scotland Housing Association property in East Kilbride.The latest fault just last month saw damage to a valve by a contractor sent on behalf of the association leave puddles of water underneath a toilet cistern.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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But Linda told Lanarkshire Live problems started almost immediately after she moved in and the action now by the housing association is too little, too late.