Lunchtime Live<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\u201cHad I not qualified for HAP, I would have been homeless if at this stage – that\u2019s the reality.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Tyrrell has been in his current property for nearly 10 years but lives in constant fear that his tenancy will be terminated.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest worry is that the way things are going\u2026 that the landlord might decide to sell the property,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I could find a property that you would get HAP with as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no houses out there, there\u2019s no places to rent and I\u2019m lucky in that sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery year it comes around, you\u2019re waiting on the call to say that they\u2019re selling. It\u2019s just a worry.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Whatever happens, he does not want to leave the local area if he can help it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been working for 52 years and I find myself in this situation,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always been part of the community with football and so on; I do volunteer work at the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI just find it difficult; I think people are being left behind – especially the old people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mr Tyrrell added that as his retirement lump sum is \u201cdwindling away\u201d, he believes he will soon be unable to afford to rent his current home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be okay for, maybe, another two years,\u201d he predicted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThree at the most and after that, I don\u2019t know where I\u2019ll go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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