A SCHOOLBOY whose family is homeless after being unable to inherit his grandfather’s council house is worried he will miss his mock exams.

Callum Davies (pictured), 15, his sister Paige, 13, and their father, Scott, were evicted from a house in Breakspear Road, Ruislip, where Mr Davies’s parents had the tenancy.

After staying with friends and in bed and breakfast hotels in the borough, they have now been told to move into temporary accommodation in Slough – 10 miles from Callum’s school.

Heather and Dave Davies had lived in the Breakspear Road house for 46 years before her death two years ago.

Mr Davies senior moved to the Isle of Wight because he could not bear to live in the house without his wife

Scott Davies, 36, and his children had lived there for a year, but were moved out three weeks ago because he was not eligible to take on the tenancy of the Hillingdon Council property.

Callum now fears he will not be able to get to school at The Harefield Academy in Northwood Way, Harefield – where Paige is also a pupil – to take his mock GCSE exams.

Callum said: “It’s my mock exams and I need to do them to be able to do GCSEs next year. I am really worried I would miss them if we went to Slough.”

Mr Davies said: “The kids would have to wake up hours earlier to get to school on time. I just can’t see why they couldn’t leave us where we were.”

For a week, the family lived in the Travelodge in Bakers Road, Uxbridge – at a cost of £446 for seven nights, paid for by the council.

Mr Davies claims his father’s house in Breakspear Road cost the authority a similar amount for an entire month.

“It’s frustrating,” he said. “We stayed at a Travelodge costing £446 a week, and in the house it was costing £488 a month. That is a waste of tax payers’ money.”

Callum has been helping his dad to keep a record of their time spent in temporary accommodation while the council finds them a new home. In between moving from place to place, he has been trying to fit in revision for his mock GCSEs, which began this week.

With a recent change in the law regarding council house inheritance there are, in effect two rules – one for existing tenants and one for new ones.

Hillingdon Council’s deputy director of housing, Neil Stubbings, said tenancies can only be passed on in the event of a tenant’s death and then only under strict rules.

“The rules about council house inheritance are set by central government,” he added.

“Under legislation, a council tenancy can be passed once, to a spouse or civil partner, or a specific family member, who must show that they have been living with the tenant at the property for at least 12 months before the tenant’s death.

“It should be noted that the law has changed recently so that, in the case of new tenants, the property can only pass to spouses or civil partners during their lifetime or after their death.”

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