A disabled tenant renting a flat in Hillfields has avoided a second attempt by bailiffs to evict him. This was after he frantically called community union, ACORN to come and help when he saw bailiffs in his garden.
Ben Watson, 58 previously faced eviction on 21 June, 2023, but was saved when ACORN members blockaded the entrance to his flat with a human wall of support. His landlady said she had been left with no choice but to sell the home after her husband committed suicide and left his estate to his sister.
The landlady, Margaret Slater, had previously told Bristol Live that she had rented the property to Ben Watson for the last 11 years, but that she now has to sell the property.
