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BBC News
05-07-2025
- General
- BBC News
Evicted family struggling with unfit flat
A woman who has been evicted from her home in Ealing where she was living with her disabled daughter and son says she is now struggling in temporary "inaccessible" says the one-bed flat on the first floor of a house in Southall is not wheelchair accessible for her six-year-old daughter, Victoria, who has Phelan McDermid Syndrome which means she has difficulty walking and a developmental also means they now have a 90 minute journey on two buses to get to Victoria's Council said it was working to find more suitable accommodation but said it was at the "sharpest end of the national housing crisis". Kinga says her daughter has trouble accessing the bathroom because it is not accessible for her. 'Aren't enough homes' After they were evicted from the property in Ealing, Kinga said they spent two nights of sleeping on her friend's floor before they were placed in the flat in Southall. Despite this, Kinga says she was told by Ealing Council the family needed to be homeless before they could be re-homed."I think the council as soon as they have an eviction notice, they should start working on it instead of the process being that you need to be homeless before they start on finding somewhere for you," she told BBC London."When I first came here I said it's not suitable for a wheelchair, there are so many stairs, it's so hard."The first night she woke up banging her head on the walls."I'm sleeping in the same room as my 19-year-old son too - we don't have privacy or anything."Ealing Council says it is sorry about the challenges facing this family and that it is looking for an accessible property for a statement, a spokesperson added: "We are at the sharpest end of the national housing crisis, and with almost 7,000 local families on the waiting list for social housing, there simply aren't enough affordable homes in the borough for everyone who needs one."We are working hard to drive down the numbers of people in temporary accommodation and getting families into more suitable accommodation instead."
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Lawsuit accuses Mobile County nursing home of covering up sexual misconduct
GRAND BAY, Ala. (WKRG) — Arabella Health and Wellness Center in Grand Bay is being sued after one of the male residents allegedly sexually assaulted a nonverbal patient. The suit claims the home is trying to cover it up. Alabama attorney general warns 23andMe customers to delete accounts According to the lawsuit, the victim has a condition called Phelan McDermid Syndrome, which requires around-the-clock care. According to the suit, back in December 2024, the victim's family saw a male resident across the hall pleasuring himself. The staff noticed, and they immediately shut the door and apologized. A month later, the same resident then allegedly went into the victim's room naked and began touching the victim. Due to the victim's condition, she was unable to explain what happened to her. The suit said the staff was made aware of the incident but failed to alert the proper authorities. The suit claims the nursing home tried to 'downplay' the situation by saying the man was trying to comfort the victim. The victim's mother wanted a sexual assault exam for her daughter, but the nursing home didn't believe it was necessary. The mother is seeking punitive damages alleging the home tried to cover up the incident. Louisiana woman killed, 3 others injured in Baldwin County crash: ALEA reached out to the nursing home, and they did not want to provide any comment. Below is the full copy of the lawsuit. Arabella-Health-complaintDownload Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
