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Luis Canto E Castro, disability rights advocate and member of Habinteg’s Insight Group, explains that while adaptations are important, new homes for wheelchair users have much bigger benefits.

23 Feb 2026 01:03 PM

Disability benefits are being cut to reduce the welfare bill and to get more disabled people back to work, but the proposed changes fail to help self-employed disabled people like me, says Habinteg Insight Group member Lorraine Stanley.

20 Feb 2026 04:29 PM

Habinteg has long argued that it’s more efficient in the long term to build purpose-built wheelchair standard and accessible properties, designed from the ground up.

9 Feb 2026 02:56 PM

Wheelchair users in the North West fare worst in the search for a home with one new wheelchair user home being planned for every 2,006 people in the region in the next decade, Habinteg research reveals.

3 Feb 2026 11:40 AM

Habinteg Housing Association has appointed Martin Warhurst as its new Chief Executive Officer following a 14-month stint as the housing association's interim CEO.

27 Jan 2026 03:03 PM

Habinteg acknowledges the immeasurable contribution of former Board member John Knight CBE, who died on 2 December 2025.

23 Dec 2025 10:25 AM

Our director Christina McGill says although the new proposal to strengthen requirements for accessible housing is a step in the right direction , the policy could go further.

18 Dec 2025 02:40 PM

Following a long struggle to get suitable home adaptations for her disabled daughter, Ava, Sam Crawford shares her experience and learnings to help other people navigate the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) process.

4 Dec 2025 12:25 PM

The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 is 30 years old, but its impact on housing was far more limited with unfinished business even to this day, writes our director Christina McGill.

13 Nov 2025 12:59 PM