Dear Editor, writes Jane Hobdell from Stroud.

I wrote recently in this newspaper about the housing shortage in Stroud, and particularly appealing for a home for a young woman friend of mine.

She has for many years rented a cabin in someone’s garden in Stroud, but will soon become homeless unless she finds a new home.

She runs a successful gardening business so needs somewhere with a lockable garage or other secure place in which to store her tools and equipment.

She also needs accommodation that is accepting of her cat.

Thanks to you SNJ, I received three telephone responses to my previous letter but the only one that was really appropriate to her needs was too far from Stroud.

I am still searching on her behalf but her situation is becoming increasingly desperate.

Please could anyone who might know of somewhere suitable contact me by telephone on 07774 485483 or 01453 765447.

Jane Hobdell