Sheilah Brown, who is from Backwell and has been living out of her car in North Somerset, became homeless in July after the private landlords of the property she had been renting for three years decided to sell.
After briefly staying in a caravan, she was left without accommodation and has since been sleeping in her car, moving between car parks and laybys around North Somerset.
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In September, Ms Brown told the Weston Mercury she felt her treatment by the council’s homelessness prevention team had been “appalling”, claiming she was left in unsafe conditions and offered only hostel accommodation, which she said she did not believe was suitable for a woman of her age.
Several weeks on, her situation remains unchanged, and she now believes her criticism of the council has made matters worse.
The authority said they don’t discuss specific cases publically but added that all housing options are discussed in these situations and that its ‘ultimately down to the individual’.
“I think something should be done. They shouldn’t be discriminating against me,” she said.
“The story went in the paper, but all they are offering me is the hostel again, so I’m still living out of my car.
“I don’t believe there is nothing available that I can’t have. I think it’s a load of lies again. They are very hostile to me. They don’t ring me back. They don’t cooperate.”
Ms Brown said she recently lost out on a privately rented home because the council failed to process the deposit payment in time.
“I had a house a few weeks ago, through a private landlord, and because of their incompetence the council lost it,” she said.
“I was waiting for the council to pay the deposit, but they kept messing me about, so I lost the house in the end.
“I don’t speak to the council anymore. They’ve never done anything to help since that article went in. They’re not used to dealing with people like me. They are used to dealing with more down-and-out homeless people.”
She added that she cannot accept the hostel accommodation repeatedly offered to her: “I’m nearly 75. If they think I can live in a hostel they have got to be joking. I couldn’t do it. Not at my age.”
In the earlier stages of her homelessness, Ms Brown said she had felt unsafe sleeping in car parks at night, recounting one incident in which three men surrounded her vehicle at 2am, prompting her to drive away in fear.
The council previously stated that Ms Brown had withdrawn and reinstated her application for housing “several times” and that she had refused emergency accommodation without viewing it – something she disputes, saying she was never told the address of the hostel concerned.
Responding to her latest claims, a spokesperson for North Somerset Council said: “Due to the need for us to maintain confidentiality between ourselves and our clients, we will not discuss details of individual cases publicly.
“What we can say though is that all housing options are discussed with our clients, but it is ultimately their decision whether they wish to pursue them or not to resolve their homelessness.”