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Victory for more than 100 veterans who feared they would be made homeless by Chelsea's stadium expansion plans as its revealed they will be rehomed in brand new estate

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 16, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions is based the shadow of the Premier League club's west London stadium, and has been standing for more than a century, housing around 100 veterans who have served in Korea, Northern Ireland and Afghanistan. Veterans, however, were left fearing they would be made homeless or 'binned in an old people's home' after Chelsea's £80million bid for the site was accepted last October.

According to the football club's redevelopment scheme, they'll be 'binned in an elderly people's house and left to rot.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 23, 2024
According to a petition to expand Chelsea's football stadium, ferocious armed forces veterans who are being coerced out of their homes are being 'binned in an old people's house and left to rot.' Sir Oswald Stoll Mansions, which looks at the Premier League's west London stadium, has been standing for more than a century, with 100 veterans serving in Korea, Northern Ireland, and Afghanistan. Chelsea made an £80 million bid for the site in October, but only 20 of the neighborhood's 157 houses were demolished to allow for the construction.