SUPERGRAN HOMELESS

Brave Joanne feels health deteriorating as wait continues

- SALLY HIND

A SUPERGRAN who who had survived a five-organ transplant is facing homelessness after being hit with eviction from her childhood home.

Joanne Adam undergone an 18-hour op to replace her liver, pancreas, stomach, small intestine and large intestine has been told she must leave her rented home in Johnstone, near Paisley, soon after her landlord sold the home she moved to five decades ago.

The 55-year-old, who suffers from a string of crippling health problems and relies on feeding machines, said she fears being forced into homeless accommodation as the stress takes its toll on her health.

The gran of three is desperately hunting for a council house but is yet to find a suitable property as she must live close to the relatives she relies on for care.

Labour said Joanne's case was a "heartbreaking" example of the human cost of the Scottish housing emergency.

Joanne said: "It's my childhood home. I first moved in in 1973 and there are a lot of memories.

I'm so sad I'm having my wee house taken away and have got to potentially move away from the people who help me daily.

"Everything is starting to get on top of me and it's like banging my head against a brick wall.