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To: London Borough of Bexley, Development Housing and Community Service

Help Kev find a new home

Please find a suitable and safe home for my Brother, Kevin Neil Walker

Why is this important?

My disabled Brother has been waiting for well over a year to be re homed in a suitable property. He has multiple disabilities and has to have oxygen almost all the time. He has not been out of his small flat for over a year (except for emergencies) and despite being unable to walk more than a few feet before being exhausted, he remains housed in a third floor flat which is dirty and dangerous.

My brother was born with multiple health problems and was not expected to live much beyond his forties. He is now 54, and his health is increasingly worse. The whole family is worried about his safety and he has few, if any visitors. One of his regular visitors, and oldest friends from schooldays, recently died from Cancer. So he is now even more isolated.

He has had to have his bed moved in to his front room as it's too difficult for him to get to the bedroom. He cannot reach the bathroom in the night so has to urinate in bottles which he keeps by his bed. He has undergone many serious operations throughout his life and suffered more than most, from being bullied during our school days right through the emotional problems that his poor health has brought with it. Our Mum has had Parkinson's for over 25 years and has recently had to go in to a nursing home. She now has related dementia but nonetheless is constantly asking after my Brother and is always worried about his well being.

Despite repeated conversations with Bexley housing service and their acknowledgement that my Brother should be treated as a priority on the grounds of his ill health, he is in the system with everyone else and has had no luck in his search for a property. He doesn't want much, just a ground floor flat, with disabled access so that, perhaps with the aid of a mobility scooter, he could once again be able to get out once in a while.

Please sign my petition, I have already tried contacting his M.P. but this achieved nothing. Thanks to all who sign. Kind regards, Mark Walker

London Borough of Bexley, Development housing and community Service

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Updates

2015-10-20 17:45:51 +0100

Hi Everybody, a big thank you to the News Shopper for their support. Sadly it does not seem to have made much impact on Bexley council. I am in the process of contacting Kev's M.P. and we'll see what progress we can make there. Thanks again to all who have supported this and if you can share with anyone you it would be much appreciated. Kind regards, Mark Walker.

2015-08-27 16:28:04 +0100

100 signatures reached

2015-08-27 10:23:10 +0100

50 signatures reached

2015-08-27 09:01:20 +0100

25 signatures reached

2015-08-27 06:37:27 +0100

10 signatures reached