Louise Ramsay woke up to fire officers banging on the door of her tenement flat in Glasgow at 1am. The derelict building next door had collapsed and tenants had to be evacuated immediately. They were forced out of their homes with few belongings and encouraged to ask friends and family to house them.

Nearly a month later, Ramsay and her neighbours remain in limbo. The 29-year-old has had to declare herself homeless , move in with her parents two hours away in a town near Dundee and take sick leave from work. She left that night with only her phone, a charger and the clothes she was wearing. Her belongings remain in the flat she is barred from accessing for her safety.

“It has been a complete and utter nightmare where help is flimsily offered but rarely followed up, and there is no acti

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