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Homeless ordeal of disabled man forced onto streets by hospital

By John Pring on 4th August 2016 Category: Housing

Homeless ordeal of disabled man forced onto streets by hospital
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A disabled man was left to survive on the streets of London overnight after he was kicked out of hospital, and then forced by a council to beg for money to fund the 20-mile journey to his temporary housing. Fred Allen […]

Disabled duo set for huge US expansion of holiday website

By John Pring on 17th March 2016 Category: Housing

Disabled duo set for huge US expansion of holiday website
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By Raya Al Jadir A social enterprise launched by two disabled entrepreneurs from London is to open an office in the US less than a year after it launched in the UK. The accessible holiday accommodation service Accomable was set up […]

Bedroom tax campaigner’s ‘contempt’ for ministers who forced his family to fight

By John Pring on 3rd March 2016 Category: Housing

Bedroom tax campaigner’s ‘contempt’ for ministers who forced his family to fight
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One of the disabled campaigners whose “bedroom tax” cases were heard in the Supreme Court this week has spoken of his “contempt” for ministers who have forced them to spend years fighting for their rights through the legal system. Paul Rutherford […]

Alarm over huge new ‘care village’ for autistic adults

By John Pring on 4th February 2016 Category: Housing

Alarm over huge new ‘care village’ for autistic adults
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Disabled campaigners have expressed alarm after work began on a huge new “care village” for autistic adults, despite concerns raised by the local council. The £4 million project will see a 40-unit “specialist care centre” on land in North Shields, with […]

Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges

By John Pring on 28th January 2016 Category: Housing

Bedroom tax discriminates against disabled children, say appeal court judges
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The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against disabled children, the court of appeal has ruled. The appeal court, which overturned a high court decision, was hearing the case of two disabled grandparents who care for their disabled grandson in an adapted […]

Disabled people are falling through holes in local welfare safety net, warn MPs

By John Pring on 14th January 2016 Category: Housing

Disabled people are falling through holes in local welfare safety net, warn MPs
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A committee of MPs has called on the government to stop local authorities discriminating against disabled people who need financial help following the introduction of the “bedroom tax”. The work and pensions select committee’s report on the local welfare safety net […]

Spending review: Mystery over accessible housing pledges

By John Pring on 27th November 2015 Category: Housing

Spending review: Mystery over accessible housing pledges
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The government appears to have committed to funding two new measures aimed at tackling the shortage of accessible housing for disabled and older people. Announcing the results of the spending review, which detail the government’s spending plans until the next general […]

Housing crisis is ‘spiralling out of control’ 

By John Pring on 18th September 2015 Category: Housing

Housing crisis is ‘spiralling out of control’ 
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A disabled university lecturer was forced to live in a residential home for older people for seven months because of a crisis in accessible housing that is “spiralling out of control”, according to a new report. Dr Chetna Patel was moving […]

Disabled coach faces IDS bedroom tax appeal… as PM recognises his volunteering

By John Pring on 21st August 2015 Category: Housing

Disabled coach faces IDS bedroom tax appeal… as PM recognises his volunteering
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A disabled football coach has been recognised by the prime minister with a national volunteering award, even though that work is threatened by a legal battle over the “bedroom tax” with work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Lifelong Liverpool fan […]

Bedroom tax five win permission for Supreme Court appeal

By John Pring on 16th January 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty, Housing, News Archive

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Five disabled adults have won permission to take their legal battle against the government’s “bedroom tax” to the Supreme Court. The five – including Jayson and Jacqueline Carmichael, from Southport – were seeking the hearing after a “baffling” court of appeal […]

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