Byline Times- Decent Housing? A Privilege - Especially for the Disabled

Click link for full article - I myself was told I was on a 40 year waiting list unless I was homeless (ie my parents evicted me)

https://bylinetimes.com/2025/11/07/decent-housing-a-privilege-especially-for-the-disabled/

When it comes to housing, I appreciate that I have the basics: a roof over my head and heating (although, these days, that is not a given due to the extortionate rise in costs). These things should never be considered a privilege for any human being – but the most basic of rights.

Yet, in the dark labyrinth of this hypocritical capitalist world in which we are all trapped, there is no equity or equality in housing. And it hasn’t been this bad in a very long time.

It was in my late teens that I knew I did not want to stay at home with my mum forever. I loved her and everything she had done for me, which included reinforcing my defiance, but I knew I had to get out. It was not merely a rejection of the old, tired ‘triumph over tragedy’ model that is imposed on disabled people – it was more simple and more human. I wanted freedom, something I was told I could never have as a wheelchair user – at least not something near that which non-disabled people take for granted.