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In Touch: A Successful Judicial Review; Renting with a Guide Dog

A Successful Judicial Review; Renting with a Guide Dog

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, A Successful Judicial Review; Renting with a Guide Dog

Yusuf Osman sought and won a judicial review against the Department for Work and Pensions.

A successful judicial review against the Department for Work and Pensions over inaccessible communications and difficulties in finding rented accommodation with a guide dog.

Dr Yusuf Osman was frequently getting information from the Department for Work and Pensions in a form that was inaccessible to him. This led to him to bringing a judicial review and he won it. Yusuf, along with the RNIB's Senior Legal Advisor Samantha Fothergill, describe what the ruling means for him and other visually impaired people.

Finding somewhere to rent at the moment really isn't easy, with low availability and soaring prices, but having a guide dog shouldn't be a factor that makes it more challenging. The right to have one in a rental property is enshrined in law, but Aleksandra Edwards has been looking for somewhere in the West Midlands for around two years and suspects that her guide dog could be a factor. She and Chris Theobald from Guide Dogs UK tell us more about this problem - that appears to be on the increase.

If you would like to submit your opinions to the consultations about the closure of the remaining ticketing offices at railway stations, you can call:
Transport Focus & London TravelWatch on: 0300 123 2350 (up until 1st of September)
The Transport Select Committee on:  020 719 2226 (up until 16th August)

Presenter: Peter White
Producer: Beth Hemmings	 
Production Coordinator: Liz Poole  
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