A former NHS nurse says she is still living in her car and eating out of bins six months after her plight drew national attention.
Ann Cumberland-Quinn, 55, said she is barely surviving and her health has taken a turn for the worse.
In May she told how she was forced to live in a car with her pet Chihuahua and eat dog food after he disability benefits were slashed after a review.
Six months on, she said she has not been housed by her local council and is still not receiving disability allowance payments despite being incontinent and barely able to walk.
Ann has told Cambridge News that she "can't go on like this" as her condition deteriorates and she is verbally abused by strangers who call her a 'benefits cheat'.
Ann, of Ely, Cambridgeshire, said: "I have been living in my car. A friend took me in for two days then she's moved on.
"My neck is really killing me, sleeping in the car my neck locks. I told the doctor is was screaming in pain and I can't put the chair down in that car because it's an old car.
"I've been going to garbage bins, anywhere... people's houses at three o'clock in the morning and it is not very nice when I'm wet and my trousers are all wet.
"I am incontinent both ends and I'm ashamed."
Ann, who suffers from a condition called paresthesia, causing weakness affecting all four limbs, has been sleeping in her car with her dog Chanel for over a year.
She said: "I can't go on like this. This is emotional, mental and physical abuse from everybody. They [the DWP] say I haven't got proof of entitlement... I can't hold a pen to write because my hands have dropped."
A Department for Work and Pensions spokesman confirmed she is not receiving any disability allowance, known as personal independence payment (PIP), but does receive employment support allowance - which means it deems her able to work.
He said: “Decisions for PIP are made following consideration of all the information provided by the claimant and their GP or medical specialist, and anyone who disagrees with a decision can appeal."
The DWP said it understood Ann found accommodation in August - but in September her doctor said she had no permanent home.
Medical documents show Ann was assessed in September by an Addenbrooke's neurosurgeon as only being able to walk "using two crutches with great difficulty" as her condition continues to deteriorate.
The documents described her as having "no fixed abode", and she is currently on the waiting list for spinal surgery.
Ann said she is continually the subject of abuse by members of the public who call her a 'benefits cheat'.
She also claims she has not been housed by East Cambridgeshire District Council (ECDC) housing officers.
Ann claims she has ongoing legal issues with the council, and cannot get any legal aid since it was slashed by the coalition government in 2012.
Ann said: "I haven't got a clue anymore, I am too scared to do anything."
She said she keeps getting moved on and homeless shelters are reluctant to take her because she has a dog.
She added: "People all laughed in my face - when they went past when I parked up in Barton Road car park [in Ely]. The council told me to get out of there or they would give me a £150 fine."
Meanwhile in February East Cambridgeshire District Council announced it has 'stamped out homelessness' in the district.
Speaking about Ann's case, Cllr Mike Rouse, service delivery champion for East Cambs District Council, said: "We cannot provide information on individual cases, but we always ensure assistance is given to anyone who approaches the council with homelessness issues, whatever their circumstances."