Disabled woman’s anger at being given space on NINTH floor of tower block where lifts only go up six levels
Housing association and car park management firm blame each other for the boob
A FUMING blue badge holder was given a disabled parking space on the NINTH floor of her block - despite the fact the lifts only take you to the sixth floor.
Jules Morgan-Bradshaw, who suffers from a condition which causes swelling in her hands and feet, has blasted her housing association for the boob.
Ms Bradshaw, 56, from Basingstoke, Hants, would have to climb three flights of stairs to get to her car.
She has parked in a free space on the first floor instead, but has racked up fines from the company which runs the car park.
Ms Bradshaw said: "It's utterly ridiculous that I live in a block of flats which has no disabled parking spots - not a single one in a complex of 500 spaces.
"I cannot walk to my car anymore. It has left me parking on double yellow lines outside my house with my disabled badge.
"But then I have to go back to my car every three hours to move it. It's easier than having to climb the stairs."
Ms Bradshaw suffers from fibromyalgia, which causes poor circulation and swelling in her hands and feet.
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Housing association Sovereign, and the firm which run the car park Victory Hill Management, are blaming each other for the error.
Ms Morgan-Bradshaw briefly parked in a free space on the first floor, the same as her flat, but this led to her receiving a number of fines from Victory Hill Management.
A spokeswoman for Sovereign said the responsibility lay with the management company, adding: "We have no ultimate say in the allocation of parking."
But Victory Hill's spokesperson said: "It is for the housing association to decide on parking bays."
There are three disabled residents in the block of flats and Jules has pleaded for specific parking for them to be introduced, but so far this has not happened.
Disability charity Papworth Trust claims that both organisations are in breach of equality law.
Kelly Linay, PR Manager at the trust, said: "They have a duty to make reasonable adjustments and it would be seen as discriminating as adaptations she needs have not been made."
