• 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 12-16 October, we're hosting our ninth annual Accessible Homes Week. We'll be sharing the findings from our survey into public attitudes to home adaptations and adaptable housing in 2026.

     

    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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Habinteg appoints Monika Liskiewicz as Executive Director of Resources

Habinteg has appointed Monika Liskiewicz as its new Executive Director of Resources to lead its finance, governance, people services and IT/data teams....

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Impact of inaccessible homes could run to billions for public purse, says Habinteg

A new Habinteg survey has found that one in five UK adults report that they or a family member experienced outcomes such as a delayed hospital discharge or a move into residential care, because a home...

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Shelley Faulkner: Building inaccessible new-builds to adapt them later on is poor economics

In this blog, Shelley Faulkner, a Community Occupational Therapist (OT), asks: why are we adapting new-build homes that could have been built in an accessible way from the outset?...

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Response from CEO Martin Warhurst on the NPPF & accessible housing

The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework marks a significant milestone  — for the first time it includes a requirement for all planning authorities to deliver new accessibl...

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Habinteg’s response to government announcement on adult social care reform

New homes must be designed in an accessible, adaptable, and inclusive way, so they support everyone to thrive, whatever their age, mobility, or abilities, particularly for households requiring care at...

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Younger disabled people left waiting years for an accessible home in East Suffolk

Habinteg research has found that disabled people in East Suffolk in need of accessible social housing aged 54 and under are waiting twice as long as those who are older....

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Fixing adult social care starts with mandating higher national accessibility standards

If Andy Burnham wants to improve our social care system, accessible housing has to be part of the equation. So, could he finally be the prime minister to make it so homes are designed to be accessible...

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The right home at the right time: how accessible housing can unlock a life

Glyn Hayes of the Spinal Injuries Association, explains how, following a lifechanging accident that left him using a wheelchair permanently, how getting an accessible home enabled him to return to wor...

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Habinteg campaign group sends open letter on accessible housing to Secretary of State, Steve Reed MP

Habinteg’s Insight Group and sector partners have written an open letter to Housing Secretary, Steve Reed, warning that Government proposals on accessible housing risk “locking millions ou...

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.