A PSYCHOLOGY graduate who spent time in foster care has learned by chance that County Hall must act as a rent guarantor, despite earlier advice to the contrary.
Mary-anne Hodd grew up in Ashburton, Devon, where she spent time in foster care.
She completed a psychology degree at the University of West of England in Bristol, then decided to return home to Ashburton to share a rented house with friends before starting teacher training.
But during the process she realised she had no one to act as a guarantor for her rent.
When she asked Devon County Council, she was told the options were to live in council accommodation or share with other care leavers.
She said: ‘It was not what I wanted. I felt really angry, I felt like I was being pulled back into the system. I felt like I had jumped all of the hurdles that had been asked of me.
‘I got good grades at school, and I was looking to go on and do further study and become a teacher.
‘I felt I had done everything that had been asked of me, and at the final…
