A disabled woman was evicted by her council because her flat was mouldy and forced to sleep for two months on the floor - of a police station. 

Glynis Barber, 52, suffers from diabetes and arthritis and had been living with her two brothers Keith, 47, and Nigel, 48. 

But the trio were forced out in October 2014 after a council inspection deemed the property unfit to live in. 

Nigel managed to secure a place in a hostel, but Glynis and Keith were forced to lodge with a friend for ten months. 

But when their friend needed the space, the pair resorted to sleeping on the floor of Forest Gate police station in east London. 

Glynis said: "You never think it will happen to you and it took a while to sink in that we were homeless. 

"After we couldn't stay with my friend any longer the police said we could stay the night but we ended up staying two months. 

"It was not very nice and I found it stressful. 

"Getting up and down is quite difficult for me but I was grateful that we didn't have to sleep on the streets. 

"There were people in and out all night with different situations and people being arrested. 

"There were mothers with very young children coming in late at night and it was very distressing." 

After being made homeless in 2014, they spent 17 months sleeping on floors, including spending last Christmas in a Crisis shelter, and were finally granted permanent accommodation in March 2016. 

Glynis said: "We had to carry all of our belonging with us all the time and it can be heart breaking walking around for hours every morning waiting for a library or the day centre to open. 

"Now, when I see people on the streets it makes me realise I was not the only one to be homeless - it can happen to anyone, 

"I had some bad days but I got through it I want to tell them to keep going, that there is light at the end of the tunnel. 

"I can empathise with what they are going through because I have been in their situation."