‘I’m alive and I carry on’published at 09:42 GMT
Laurence Cawley
BBC News
In the same month he handed over his keys to the bailiffs, the BBC saw a similar three-bedroom property in the same Thetford street as Mr Da Costa Diogo’s on the market
As we mentioned in an earlier post, we spoke to Jose who had his Norfolk home repossessed.
After this happened, Jose was given emergency accommodation in a small ground-floor studio in north Suffolk.
“I left my house with one suitcase and a bag of essentials and told the council ‘I’m homeless’,” he said.
“It’s a roof over my head. I’m trying to keep things simple because what is the point of complicating things?
“I’m alive and I carry on.”
In the same month he handed over his keys to the bailiffs, the BBC saw a similar three-bedroom property in the same Thetford street as Mr Da Costa Diogo’s on the market for £160,000 – almost double the amount he owed.