Man, 91, left struggling up THREE flights of stairs as he's not allowed empty ground floor flat
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 91-year-old pensioner is having to struggle up three flights of stairs to his flat everyday as a housing trust won’t give him the empty one on the ground floor of his block.
John Curtis has lived in Milton Close in Stretford for upwards of two decades but has become less mobile in recent years. He said he can’t understand why Trafford Housing Trust, who manage the building, won’t allow him to move in downstairs.
John’s son used to live with him in his current two-bedroom apartment, but he has been on his own since his son moved out. The Trust explained that since he now lives alone, Mr Curtis isn’t eligible for the empty two-bedroom flat that currently sits empty on the ground floor. READ MORE: Greater Manchester leaders call for CAZ charges to be scrapped on ALL vehicles The trust have instead offered him a one bedroom bungalow around six miles away.
But John and his friends are concerned he’d be completely isolated there. John said: “There are 28 steps for me to climb, I’m not very mobile.
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