Call for rethink as mobile homes left out of handicap legislation

The Housing Minister has written to council leaders urging them to support residents.

“We’re being let down and discriminated against by the council.”

That’s what disabled and chronically ill Park or Mobile home residents have told STV News.

Current housing legislation exempts mobile homes and lodges from funding for vital adaptations like ramps and wet rooms.

The Housing Minister has written to council leaders urging them to support residents but one local authority told STV they don’t have the ‘scope’ to fund the work.

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