Police are urgently trying to trace a missing man last seen three days ago as concern grows for his welfare.
20.07.2022 - 15:55 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A disabled Scots mum says she is "trapped" in her own home and even has to rely on her husband to carry her up the stairs.
Rebecca Kelly, 34, has told how she even has to crawl through ice to get to her front door in winter because the parking space is so far away from her home in Loanhead, Midlothian. The mum-of-one also relies on her husband to cook, clean and help her have a bath due to an inaccessible home which has "stolen her dignity".
Rebecca, who has cerebral palsy, cannot move around her house - yet her efforts to buy a suitable home through a Scottish Government scheme have been frustrated. The chemistry teacher says the help to buy scheme is discriminatory to disabled people as it enacts price caps which means potential buyers cannot put in offers above the home report value, reports Edinburgh Live.
She says that makes buying in Edinburgh and Midlothian "impossible" because of the competitive housing market. The Scottish Government apologised for the difficulties the mum has experienced and admitted that although they want disabled people in Scotland to have choice, dignity and freedom to access suitable homes - there is more work to do.
The scheme in place that Rebecca's family are relying on to help first time buyers is called the Low-cost Initiative for First Time Buyers (LIFT) - this is also open to other priority groups including those with a disability.
When Rebecca's cerebral palsy worsened after giving birth to her four-year-old daughter Meredith, the house the couple already owned became unsuitable and she discovered she was eligible for funding to get alternative housing.
The 34-year-old explained she is not looking for a handout as she works full-time and already owns a house. Rather, she is looking
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