Worthing mother living in friend’s conservatory after council ‘leaves her on streets’

Jemma Studd and daughter Layla, nine. Photo by Derek Martin Photography

A mother has been living in her friend’s conservatory for months after claiming the council left her on the streets.

Jemma Studd and her two children were put in emergency accomodation by Worthing Borough Council in January 2019.

But months later, the council decided she had made herself homeless and evicted them – despite Jemma being signed off work for mental health issues including PTSD, she said. The 35-year-old added: “They have just left me and my family. If I didn’t have my friend, I would be on the streets.”