Ms Anna-Karin Ulpe:

I thank Ms Wehrly for her remarks on the private rental sector. I previously lived in a private rental at first floor level. Most of the time, I could not get out of it because I could not manage the stairs. I had a wheelchair but my landlord would not allow me to store it in the lobby, and I was not able to get it up the stairs into the apartment. I asked the landlord if I could store it in the lobby where buggies were being stored - it was a big enough area such that nobody was falling over them. He stated that for health and safety reasons the wheelchair would be a fire hazard. I had to store it outside. I was lucky that it was not stolen, but it rusted. When you rent privately, you have few rights. It is you against the landlord. If there could be any accommodation provided for people who need mobility aids and have to live in private housing for however long that might be, it would be a help. Landlords should be allowed to refuse that.