Hi All,
Looking for a bit of advice. one of our hearing impaired students is moving
into private accommodation next academic year. She'll need a vibrating fire
alarm installed.
She's not a BSL user or technically a resident so the council won't install
one for free. The local fire service will do a safety survey of the
building. This costs £60 and the landlord is expected to pay this and then
for any reccomendations such as the fire alarm but also possibly fire doors
and anything else that the survey deems neccessary. Needless to say, the
landlord isn't too happy about this.
As far as I'm aware there is no obligation for landlords to make reasonable
adjustments under the DDA. It's been suggested that the student apply to
the Access to Learning Fund to cover these costs. However, it's not certain
the student would get the money from this.
Has anyone else come accross this type of situation before?
Cheers,
Deb Taylor
University of York
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