I THINK that once they have given some thought to the circumstances being experienced by their tenant, Mr David Barnes, who is faced with eviction as a result of his mother passing away, and the complexities of tenancy rights (Anna Youssef, December 14), Bolton at Home might want to consider allowing him to stay in his home of 46 years until they are able to make a house or flat available to him which he feels suits his needs.

Now that Bolton at Home are a three-star organisation providing excellent value for money and good quality housing, I should imagine it won't be long before Mr Barnes is persuaded to move out of his house and into new, more suitable, accommodation.

Although, in the unlikely event that Mr Barnes isn't offered what he considers to be desirable housing in the immediate future, surely there could be nothing wrong with him staying right where he is.

Bolton at Home has, after all, been found to be an organisation which is - in the words of the Audit Commission - "strongly focussed on the needs of its customers".

They have, for instance, been good enough to find homes for the needy and sometimes large families of refugees who have settled in Bolton.

I'm sure that they will feel that a man who has lived in a house for the last 46 years - 23 of them looking after his elderly mother - deserves to be permitted to stay there if he feels a requirement to do so.

Anthony Backhouse

Mossfield Court

School Hill

Bolton