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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.
Gavin Smart, CEO of Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH), explains why CIH is calling for a significant step up in the delivery of new homes, and why accessible & adaptable homes must be included.
Read Recognising our hidden housing crisis…
Charlotte Watson, Senior Policy Advisor at the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), says Accessible Homes Week is a great time to reflect on the past, present and future of creating homes that cater to all.
Read What can we do to provide more wheelchair-accessible homes?…
Age UK’s Housing Policy Manager, Lisabel Miles, discusses the transformational effects of wheelchair user homes, and why, unless accessible building standards are mandatory, developers incorporating accessibility will not have a level playing field as they bid for land.
Read With most older people likely to age in mainstream housing, Government must act now on M4(2)/M4(3) homes…
Philip Barton lives in an M4(3) wheelchair user home owned and managed by a housing association Philip sheds a light on some of the issues surrounding a lack of wheelchair user homes.
Read Is the institutionalisation of disabled people coming back?…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.
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