• Latest research

    We've published a new snapshot of the use of the optional standards in 311 local plans and an estimate of the possible impact on future delivery of new accessible homes over the next decade.


     

    Find out more here

  • Accessible Homes Week 2025 webinar

    Watch our online event to learn about the current state of play with accessible housing and take a deep dive into our Forecast for accessible homes 2025.
     

    Watch the recording of the webinar

    Accessible Homes Week 2025 webinar
     

  • Accessible Homes Week

    From 8-12 September 2025, we ran a week-long campaign marking the introduction of the accessible housing standards 10 years ago, and launched the forecast for accessible homes 2025.

     

    Learn more about the week

  • HoME

    Join the Housing Made for Everyone (HoME) coalition of 10 organisations calling for urgent action to tackle the UK's acute and growing shortage of accessible homes.

     

    Find out more here

  • Living not existing webinar

    Watch our online event to learn about the benefits of accessible homes and our research, Living not existing: The economic & social value of wheelchair user homes.
     

    Watch the recording of the webinar

Habinteg news

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Building new accessible homes is a clear winner over home adaptations

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....

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If the government wants disabled people to work, it needs to understand the realities of our lives

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 In...

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We don’t just need funding for adaptations – we need policy to drive delivery of new accessible homes too

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....

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North West’s local plans propose lowest number of wheelchair user homes in England

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 reveal...

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Habinteg appoints Martin Warhurst as permanent CEO

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....

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Remembering John Knight CBE, Habinteg board member and tenant champion

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

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Government announcement on M4(2) and M4(3) standards in the draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF)

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....

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Why council-funded home adaptations need a person-centered approach

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 ...

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The unfinished journey of accessible housing in the UK

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....

Media contact

For all media enquiries, email  comms@habinteg.org.uk outlining your enquiry, giving your deadline and your contact details.

If necessary, please follow up with a phone call to:

  • Claire Carponen, Media and Communications Officer, on 07907 862 070.
  • Sharon Herbert, Senior Communications and Marketing Manager, on 07592 374 158. 
  • Christina McGill, Director of Social Impact & External Affairs, on 07809 420 075.