A local council has come under fire over plans to house asylum seekers in empty private properties. The plot was discovered by an elderly couple who received an “insulting” letter through their letterbox. Jose, 76, and Ted Saunders, 78, moved into their property recently, just before a compulsory purchase letter came through the letter box asking the couple to sell their £200,000 home in order to accommodate asylum seekers. The letter North Northamptonshire Council labelled the mid-terraced Rushden home empty or “derelict” leaving the couple “insulted and shocked”. Jose, a retired carer, told …