{"id":3478,"date":"2018-01-26T08:12:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-26T08:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2023-02-21T13:29:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T13:29:32","slug":"sir-can-you-help-me-its-cold-and-ive-nowhere-to-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citylets.co.uk\/blog\/sir-can-you-help-me-its-cold-and-ive-nowhere-to-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSir Can You Help Me? It\u2019s Cold and I\u2019ve Nowhere to Sleep.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Inspired by the lyrics of \u2018Another Day In Paradise\u2019 by Phil Collins and his very own story, a London based landlord offered a helping hand to a homeless family of four by giving a roof over their heads for free this past festive season.<\/p>\n

Laurence Lameche, the owner of a successful property business, was struck by the idea while attending a Phil Collin\u2019s concert, whose song\u2019s lyrics made him think of homelessness.<\/p>\n

Rough start<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Having experience homelessness<\/a> himself, when he first moved to London 19 years ago and slept in his car as couldn\u2019t afford a rented flat, Mr Lameche felt the urge to \u2018do something nice\u2019 and help someone in need to get back on their feet. He took to social media and advertised his 2 bedroom flat in King\u2019s Cross, worth \u00a32,000 a month in rent, for free. The offer was open to a vulnerable single person, couple or family in need of accommodation over Christmas and New Year.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Being given a chance himself when he most needed it by a landlord who let him stay in his property for free until he found work, The London Property Buyer owner wanted someone else to have the same opportunity.<\/p>\n

Mr Lameche said: “I came to London to make something of myself and get on the property ladder. But I applied to loads of jobs in the daytime, and even though one offered me employment, they said \u2018Where do you live?\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I said \u2018In my car in a car park\u2019, they sort of laughed, and told me to come back when I had a proper address.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI managed to change my life and it\u2019s possible for anyone to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 Rather than just to give people money or to give to charity; or to smile at a homeless person; or to buy them food or clothes; or to give people advice on how to change their life, I wanted to give them something to help them on that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"latest-apps\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Act of generosity<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mr Lameche was inundated with response to his offer. Following his heart though he accepted a 25 year old mum of three, Laura Gregory, who struggled to pay rent on her housing association property and spent the past 30 months sleeping on friend\u2019s sofas, while searching for a new home for her family.<\/p>\n

Commenting on Mr Lameche\u2019s act of kindness<\/a>, Laura said: \u201cThe children were very excited. They haven\u2019t had their own space for a while as we\u2019ve been staying with family and friends. They\u2019ve moved around so much with nothing stable. It was a wonderful Christmas and now we\u2019ve been told we don\u2019t have to leave straight away so can keep looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

A call to follow<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Mr Lameche is hoping his fellow landlords will follow his example: \u201cI want to help inspire other people like landlords who have an empty property over Christmas to try and do the same thing as me and to let a homeless person sleep inside a warm home rather than be out on the street.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI would love to continue it in the future. Maybe we could start up a movement or some sort of organisation to carry this on.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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