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Our policy blog is dedicated to the voices and experiences of people with lived experience and professional expertise in planning and delivering accessible homes.
Explore topics such as planning accessible homes, designing wheelchair accessible and inclusive housing, and the transformative power of a home that meets your access needs.
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
Read Government’s planning policy changes leave wheelchair users out in the cold (again)…
Members of Habinteg’s Insight Group hosted a live panel discussion in Westminster to launch their new public awareness campaign for accessible housing, recently.
Read Habinteg’s Insight Group launches accessible homes campaign in Parliament…
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.
Read Building new accessible homes is a clear winner over home adaptations…
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.
Read If the government wants disabled people to work, it needs to understand the realities of our lives…We believe that mutual commitment and shared responsibility is key. We are an equal opportunities employer and aim to be an employer of choice. Everything we do is underpinned by our four cultural values. We endeavour to be agile, accountable, ambitious and attentive.
We offer a comprehensive and person-centered employment package to our staff. This includes:
- Flexible approach to working week including full-time, part-time and job-sharing possibilities.
- Welcoming, accessible work environments including remote working
- Training and development programme
- Ethical pension scheme from the Pensions Trust -we match employee contributions up to 10%
Life assurance scheme Free eye test & contribution towards glasses Cycle scheme Professional Subscription Payment – we will cover the cost of one professional membership subscription per year (e.g. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) for Finance roles) Company subscription to Simply Health & Rewards Habinteg Day — an additional day of annual leave that colleagues can take at any point during the year.
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