Given a choice of homelessness or giving up their beloved dogs, James Keaty and Teresa Fernandez chose living in their car. They’ve spent three Christmases there now.

A couple who have lived in their car since COVID because they cannot find dog-friendly rental accomodation have said they feel ‘just helpless’. 

James Keaty and Teresa Fernandez’s woes began in 2020, when the pandemic began and turned so many people’s lives on their heads. 

Six years on, Mr Keaty is clear that the virus “destroyed our lives”.