MHADA's eviction notice to tenants of the 150-year-old, dilapidated Esplanade Mansion at Kala Ghoda has left 66-year-old Abbas Hussain jobless and out on the streets, literally. He is among the last tenants to vacate his home he has lived in with his wife and daughter for six years.

His home on the fourth floor of the Esplanade Mansion has a partial sea view, a large living room with a glass chandelier in the centre and a stylish bar on the side, a medium-sized kitchen and a bathroom. Hussain, however, is neither a tenant nor the owner of the flat. He has worked as a guard in the building for the past 12 years and moved into landlord Sadiq Ali's house, rent-free, to take care of the items stored there. With Mhada's notice, he has been left without a job, too.