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May 17, 2023

My rental property is so bad I am forced to shower with a HOSE after searching for a place for weeks

A DISABLED woman has been forced to shower with a hose in her new home after

A DISABLED woman has been forced to shower with a hose in her new home after struggling to find a suitable place.

The woman, named Shaye, searched for weeks to find a property in her price range, and was forced to settle for a less than acceptable property due to a rental crisis.

The New South Wales Policy and Disability Advocacy Communications Lead, Cherry Baylosis said: "She now has to shower with a hose because the property that she is in is not completely accessible.

"But that for her is a win, just to have a roof over her head where she can afford to pay the rent but she lives with the stress of potentially having an increased rent."

Finding property to rent in Australia has become increasingly difficult in recent years.

The problem has stretched to Britain as well, with one dad of two revealing he's been banned from buying his council flat because it was adapted for his disability.

Antony Carter, who has cerebral palsy, had the bathroom in his South London studio converted into to a wet room to make showering easier.

He claims Lewisham Council failed to mention when he signed the lease in 2012 that he would be unable to purchase the flat if it was altered thanks to a clause within the Housing Act.

Antony, who said he now feels "stuck", told MyLondon: "They didn't say or tell me anything, or mention it to my mum, who was helping me at the time.

"Some of the neighbours have bought their properties because they haven't been adapted, but I don't have that right because mine has."

Another mum was told she'd be kicked out of her home with weeks notice - leaving her and her disabled son with no where to go.

The woman, 59, was in tears when she read a letter saying her, her husband and son, 30, who has Down's Syndrome, need to move.

They have lived in their home in Thealby, North Lincolnshire, for three years and are struggling to find anywhere else due to high rent prices, Grimsby Live reports.

Earlier this month tenants in their row of terraced houses were handed letters telling them they have until April to move out because the landlord decided to sell them all.

The mum told Scunthorpe Live: "We'd always been told it was ours for life as long as we looked after it.

"The gentleman just handed the letter over and said, 'I have to do this, I'm sorry', and passed me it and went. He didn't explain anything. I just opened the letter and just cried. I felt numb."