A public housing tenant unable to climb the stairs in his own property is pleading with authorities to move him, saying he sleeps in his armchair and is going weeks at a time without showering.
But he was assigned to a house where his shower and bedrooms were on the second floorGerald Friessbourg, 53, moved to Adelaide from South Australia's Riverland five months ago to be closer to medical services, after suffering a major heart attack.
"I've been falling up the stairs and falling down the stairs and I've got bruises all over my body," he said."I was on the floor for two and a half hours, maybe four hours, until I could actually crawl to the chair and help myself up."Mr Friessbourg said he had accepted the property because he was told he would "miss his slot" with the SA Housing Authority altogether if he knocked it back.
"I think when you're put in a position where you have to choose between feeling safe about your health and being safe in your home, then that's an impossible choice," she said. "[There's an assumption] that the NDIS will fix the problem … and that, in and of itself, is such a huge process. The state government has previously said its housing agencies – Renewal SA and the South Australian Housing Authority — were already meeting the National Construction Code requirements in new builds.
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