Fordell Gardens in Dunfermline was without power from Friday to Sunday - but residents were left without aid.
Park home residents in Fife have complained they were "abandoned" during Storm Eowyn after a contractual quirk meant an energy firm treated them like a business.However, people living at the park homes - the majority of whom are elderly - discovered they did not qualify for emergency aid from energy transmission firm SP Energy Networks because they are on a commercial contract.
BBC Scotland News understands a number of park homes and care homes operate on similar lines, with the energy operator registering a central business owner rather than individual home owners for the properties.However Fordell Gardens residents did not qualify for the aid, which included hotel stays at SPEN's expense and compensation for food lost during the outages.
She said: "Everyone was keeping an eye on the neighbours and trying to do our best, but we don't have generators lying around. This meant he was unable to explain to the company that the site had around 60 homes on it in need of assistance.Fife councillor David Barratt visited the site on Sunday to check in on the people living there, some of whom require regular medical treatment.
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