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Habinteg’s Insight Group launches accessible homes campaign in Parliament
Members of Habinteg’s Insight Group hosted a live panel discussion in Westminster to launch their new public awareness campaign for accessible housing, recently....
Habinteg campaign group launches new push for accessible housing awareness
Lord Best OBE will chair a live panel discussion at Parliament launching a new campaign by Habinteg’s Insight Group to widen public understanding of and support for accessible homes....
Government’s planning policy changes leave wheelchair users out in the cold (again)
Habinteg warns that National Planning Policy Framework reforms on accessible housing is unlikely to have a positive impact on the housing crisis wheelchair users face...
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....
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...
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....
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...
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....
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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