Managing Company stopped Lifts - Help - Advice Welcome

Red-Squirrel_2

Comms69 wrote: »

Regardless of that, lifts are mechanical and therefore prone to problems - it's not discrimination to maintain a lift.


In fact the law requires them to do so, and the equality act is quite clear in that discrimination based upon the requirements of the law is NOT unlawful.

It IS discrimination to do so without considering the impact on disabled residents.

Are you telling me that if there were people in that building who would be trapped in their flats for the duration of the works, you think that would be absolutely fine?

Comms69

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

It IS discrimination to do so without considering the impact on disabled residents.

Are you telling me that if there were people in that building who would be trapped in their flats for the duration of the works, you think that would be absolutely fine?

You mean an equality impact assessment, I suspect they have done this. HOWEVER the fact that someone with a disability would be disadvantaged is not the test.


The equality act is not a magic bullet, despite what some people think.


The overriding logic of maintaining safety will win out over this.


What you're talking about is making reasonable adjustments, which is fair enough, but at the minute the OP doesn't know what if any are being made.


No people shouldn't be trapped at home all day for weeks on end, that's obvious. But people do need to take some responsibility and if their circumstances change, they should take steps to help themselves.

Red-Squirrel_2

Comms69 wrote: »

No people shouldn't be trapped at home all day for weeks on end, that's obvious. But people do need to take some responsibility and if their circumstances change, they should take steps to help themselves.

You say its obvious, but reading the thread...

NeilCr

We don’t really know what’s going on here, though, do we?

OP suddenly produces the fact that they have been away for much of the period having discussesd with neighbours, before they left - with little success.

Despite neighbours not being overinterested, apparently, OP seemed to have expected someone to take up the cudgels, in their absence. This hasn’t happened which may (of course it may not) indicate that this isn’t so much of an issue with the neighbours

Really, OP, I think your first act must be to get a real feel for how the neighbours view all this

MonSaveHelp

NeilCr wrote: »

We don’t really know what’s going on here, though, do we? OP suddenly produces the fact that they have been away for much of the period having discussesd with neighbours, before they left - with little success. Despite neighbours not being overinterested, apparently, OP seemed to have expected someone to take up the cudgels, in their absence. This hasn’t happened which may (of course it may not) indicate that this isn’t so much of an issue with the neighbours. Really, OP, I think your first act must be to get a real feel for how the neighbours view all this

You may not know - but you can ask OP over here. Not sure if you realise the injustices that can happen within metropolitan/city blocks (or been keeping up with the news lately?). Not only are lots of people are in varying stages of vulnerability, but sometimes due to the - freeholder/managing agents/leases/AST contracts/ structures & setups etc.. residents can be dis-empowered - and over years switch off in believing that they can do anything.

Thus welcome any constructive advise, any legal arguments, legislation or enforcement that would (if communicated tactfully to freeholder/managing agent), pep up their ears and make sure they are doing the right thing and being transparent about it, not taking ££shortcuts.