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Gavin Smart, CEO of Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), explains why CIH is calling for a significant step up in the delivery of new homes, and why accessible & adaptable homes must be included.
Read Recognising our hidden housing crisis…
Danielle Faulkner, is the mother of James, 5, who lives with hydrocephalus, water on the brain. Read about her battle to find a suitable home for James, and how their currently unsuitable, inaccessible home impacts their lives literally and emotionally, every day.
Read Sleepless nights of fear – one family’s story of inaccessible housing…
Our Insight Group member Chris Hicken gives an insight into what effect living in a wheelchair user home has had on his quality of life, and the struggles a disabled person faces when searching for suitable long-term housing.
Housing occupational therapist Jacquel Runnalls believes they can. Read what she has to say.
Read Can Housing Occupational Therapists help bridge the gap between designers & developers, & desirable, appropriately built & marketed wheelchair user homes?…
Charlotte Watson, Senior Policy Advisor at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), says Accessible Homes Week is a great time to reflect on the past, present and future of creating homes that cater to all.
Read What can we do to provide more wheelchair-accessible homes?…
Age UK’s Housing Policy Manager, Lisabel Miles, discusses the transformational effects of wheelchair user homes, and why, unless accessible building standards are mandatory, developers incorporating accessibility will not have a level playing field as they bid for land.
Read With most older people likely to age in mainstream housing, Government must act now on M4(2)/M4(3) homes…
Habinteg Housing Association
Chapman House Unit 1
Adwalton Business Park
132 Wakefield Road
Drighlington
Bradford, BD11 1DR
T 0300 365 3100
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