SandwellTenant

Disabled tenant documenting lived experience in Sandwell.
Human rights, accessibility & accountability.
Linking local reality to disability law #LetReePeeSafely

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

Kids intimidated by bully, scared to visit and play in case the "bad man" gets them. https://t.co/n42aR0BKFX

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Check out my latest article: Unpacking the Translation Barrier https://t.co/WqjsSsqpBC via @LinkedIn

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

📚🚽 Dear @SarahCoombesWB MP,

To achieve a safe toilet in my own home, I’ve had to read:

Politics books
Housing guidance
Equality law
NHS Policy and Procedure
And yes… learn hashtags 😅

All just to do something most people manage without a second thought.

This property has been described by SMBC as “wheelchair accessible” for over 5 years and 5 months.

Reality check:

Even a monkey with a tape measure and a copy of Building Regulations Part M could tell you it isn’t.

It’s been almost a year since I first contacted your office and spoke with Gary (who seemed genuinely helpful at the time).
I’m still waiting for that call back.
At this point, the situation is simple:

➡️ Either you engage with your disabled constituent
➡️ Or you get to witness, in real time, what sustained, evidence-backed persistence looks like

Because I didn’t spend 2,000+ days fighting for basic dignity to be quietly ignored at MP level.

Also… I’d quite like to get back to re-reading The Last Devil to Die instead of local government policy manuals 📖

Your move.

#AccessibleHousing #DisabilityRights #Accountability #EqualityAct2010 #SMBC #ReeCanPeeSafely #SandwellStory

https://t.co/EFQ63TXs3o

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

DEI Concerns x Outcome: When responsibility is concentrated, accountability disappears

Why is a wheelchair user installing her own toilet frame over 5 years after moving into a property described by @Sandwell MBC as “wheelchair accessible”?

Because when housing, repairs, and complaints sit with the same role, systems close in on themselves.

Requests loop
Complaints go nowhere
Delays become normalised

This isn’t inefficiency.
It’s structural design failure.
In my case:

Moved in: November 2020

Years of emails, complaints, safeguarding concerns, SARs
Documented risk: unsafe toileting, falls, loss of dignity
Outcome:

Equipment finally provided by the NHS

Not installed by the council
Installed by me
So the question isn’t “why did this take so long?”

It’s:

Why was there no independent mechanism to stop it taking this long?

Accessible housing requires:

Separation of responsibility

Independent oversight
Accountability that actually functions
Without that, disabled tenants are forced to compensate for system failure.

Today’s outcome:
After 2,334 days…

Ree can pee safely. 🙇🏽
Not because the system worked.
Because I didn’t stop.

#DisabilityRights #AccessibleHousing #EqualityAct2010 #SystemFailure #Accountability #ReeCanPeeSafely
https://t.co/EFQ63TWUdQ

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

Success https://t.co/aUF8pLcucs

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Success.
WMAS records since 2012 https://t.co/aUF8pLcucs

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Check out my latest article: How the NHS Accidentally Burns Money (And the Simple Fixes Sitting in Plain Sight) https://t.co/h8a3218mdY via @LinkedIn

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@SarahCoombesWB Ward C9 @SWBHnhs Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital

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@sandwellcouncil
@SWBHnhs
I Know What You Did Last Summer 🎬📸
https://t.co/uLndXb2zMg
#SandwellStory #LetReePeeSafely

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

@PositivitySaid We woke up

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@SarahCoombesWB @SandwellSCOPA @NHSEngland @LeaderSandwell @Jackietaylor61 @PHSOmbudsman @ptsafetyNHS @TheKingsFund @HealthwatchE @CareQualityComm @SWBHnhs

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

Yesterday a medico-legal assessor asked simple questions:

Has an OT ever assessed me inside my home?
Observed how I enter, cook, transfer to the toilet, access the garden?
Since my elbow injury (22 Jan) forcing 1-arm wheelchair use:
• electric chair provided?
• physio delivered?

Since my 2 spinal surgeries (2020) what rehab has SWBH NHS provided?
Why hasn’t SMBC adapted my bungalow since 2020, despite falls including:
• wheelchair tipping entering home (Dec 2022)
• garden steps concussion (June 2023)
Why have hospitals repeatedly discharged me to a home never assessed for accessibility?

Also: I’ve lost 5kg in one week in hospital, despite spending £130 on healthy food & protein to supplement the NHS diet.

These are not abstract policy questions.
They are basic safeguarding checks.
https://t.co/JiceytzAiy
#sandwellstory
#letreepeesafely
#DisabilityRights
#AccessibleHousing
#NHS

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

Your special brand of Low-risk political signalling continues then
“Support this campaign”
“Great to meet local volunteers”
“Proud to back awareness week”
“Important issue we must talk about”

⚖️Actual political communication
-explaining decisions
-discussing budgets or legislation
-addressing failures
-responding to criticism
outlining specific policy positions

One is brand management.
The other is governance.

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

@lady_valor_07 A bald person with pigtails and either a huge nose or a growth on their face. 🤔

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

Hey I’ve noticed your posts and just want to say this clearly: you’re not alone in feeling overwhelmed.

I can’t know exactly what you’re going through, but you matter, and you deserve support and connection.

If you ever want to talk or unpack what’s on your mind, I’m here to listen🫶🏽

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

@QuietNotesHQ Says something untrue.

AuDHD are like lie detectors, their body language gives them away.

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

@nobleisawinner 99% could go to NFPs providing clean water, housing, education and healthcare globally.
The other 1% is more than sufficient to cover a little Cornwall style "radical acre" accessible housing scheme for peeps in need. All I need is safe housing to thrive.

[SandwellTenant @SandwellWoman]

@Matt_Pinner Crunchyroll. Wandering Inn. Discworld.

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@SarahCoombesWB https://t.co/Pcdf5bmamy

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@SarahCoombesWB https://t.co/QidKWfT4Ur
Very much like to discuss discrimination with you Sarah, why even security guards in Sandwell feel they have the right to question a black woman's right to privacy and autonomy 🤔
Why was I removed by security despite Boss level regulation skills��#AuDHD