[access-uk] Re: council tax disabled persons relief no longer covers blind people.
- From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 15:21:22 -0000
Very interesting. So, to qualify for a Council Tax reduction, do we have to
fill a room full of Braille books, have a massive Braille embosser perhaps, and
while you are at it, maybe all the paraphernalia that goes with owning a guide
dog could be stuck in that special room too?
Will be interesting to hear the answers.
Ray
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Hi Martin
| > After sending in the form, I got a
| >phone call, basically telling me that a computer in a room with access
| >technology loaded on it no longer qualified as a having equipment
| >in a room specially for the disabled person, as my pc wasn't overtly
| >specialist,
|
|
| Take look here:
| http://tinyurl.co.uk/ptm3
| the property must have one of the following:
| a room that has been modified for your, or the disabled person's sole use
|
| an additional bathroom, lavatory or kitchen to meet your/their needs
| extra space inside the property to allow a wheelchair to be used - if the
| wheelchair is for outside use only, this will not count
| I would suggest ;you consult a welfare rights officer like at RNIB
| and see if the council has interpreted the rules correctly
| as you do have right of appeal.
| I mean this bit is certainly open opinion:
| "a room that has been modified for your, or the disabled person's sole use"
|
| How doe council define the term:
| "modified for your, or the disabled person's sole use"
|
| Regards,
| Derek
|
| e-mail: derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|
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