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.