Family turn a disused Birmingham bus shelter into a home - but it's going to be demolished
  • 5 days ago
A homeless woman in Birmingham says living in a bus shelter with her boyfriend and mum is safer than being put in temporary housing with drug addicts.
Destiny Mitchell moved into the 3m (9.8ft) by 1m (3.2ft) glass and metal shelter in Selly Oak, Birmingham, seven months ago.
The 26-year-old, who has autism, lives in the disused bus stop on Bristol Road with boyfriend Ryan, 31, and her 44-year-old mum.
Destiny says the council offered them temporary accommodation but she does not want to be separated from her mum who also has autism.
The trio have tried to give the graffiti-covered shelter home comforts with a carpet, drawers and even an old pair of Super Mario curtains where the timetables were once displayed.
They have also been given garden chairs, a bin and sleeping bags from wellwishers.
She says the three of them use sellotape and cardboard given to them by students to patch up leaks in the roof and walls of their shelter.
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