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Housing Association Threatens Eviction of 90-Year-Old RAF Veteran Over Scooter Fire Risk Days Before Remembrance Day

The landlord cites a lithium-battery hazard, seeking alternative housing.

Overview

  • Incommunities warned the family to remove the mobility scooter or risk eviction or confiscation, saying it was stored too close to the building.
  • Ron Gibbs, 90, has been staying with his son in a one-bedroom flat in Crossflatts near Bingley, where the scooter is kept outside the back door.
  • The landlord says lithium batteries in mobility scooters can catch fire and put the entire block at risk.
  • Incommunities says it has met the family and is working with the council to find more suitable accommodation for Mr Gibbs.
  • Jason Gibbs called the warning disgraceful given his father's service and the timing before Remembrance Day, stressing his father relies on the scooter for mobility.