Mr Millen also struggles inside the flat as his kitchen is not big enough for him to turn his wheelchair around.

“I have to balance a cup of coffee on my wheelchair arms while I reverse,” he said.

“I keep looking behind so I don’t bump into things but I keep knocking into the skirting board and the doors are so narrow, I’m banging into them all the time.”

He said the council had told him he would need to move to a different property rather than having his flat adapted.

“I’ve been told I’m not the top priority,” he said.

“I’ve been advised by the council to only bid on bungalows but most weeks there are no properties whatsoever.

“When they do come up, they are allocated not just on mobility but on age as well.

“I’m 58 so if people aged 60 and above are bidding they get priority, even though my needs are probably more.

“There are no accessible properties in my neighbourhood, I would need to move to a part of the city I don’t know.

“I just want to stay here with some adaptations.”