A SEVERELY disabled single mum is to become the first council tenant in Scotland to be evicted because of the bedroom tax. Lorraine Fraser is being kicked on to the street after her Labour-run council took court action to force her out her specially adapted flat. She has scoliosis – curvature of the spine – and arthritis and she is wheelchair-bound. The council moved Lorraine into a specially adapted flat with a wheelchair ramp, wet room and handrails two years ago. Now they want to turf her out for failing to pay just £248 in bedroom tax arrears. Lorraine, 46, said: “Where will I go? I need a specially adapted home just to survive. “What kind of people would throw a disabled woman and her kids out on the street? “They have no compassion or conscience.” North Lanarkshire Council have sent Lorraine a series of hard-hitting letters, warning her that eviction proceedings are under way. The latest letter, dated August 8, states: “I can advise you that North Lanarkshire Council has commenced court action to evict you from your home.” She has also been told she faces paying for the authority’s “considerable” legal costs. Lorraine receives disability living allowance. And even before the bedroom tax, she struggled to pay her bills and feed her family.
Posted on: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 11:07:26 +0000
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