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Policy blog
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.
Policy blog
Have we won the case for more accessible homes?
Chartered Institute for Housing's Senior Policy and Practice Officer, Sarah Davis, writes about the Government's recent decision raising accessibility standards for all new homes in England and the positive impact it will have on disabled people.
Read Have we won the case for more accessible homes?…Accessibility: an essential component of healthy homes & communities
Since 2019, the TCPA has been campaigning for changes to national legislation to raise the standard of new housing, and the association has drafted the Healthy Homes Bill to show how to achieve that in practice.
Read Accessibility: an essential component of healthy homes & communities…Housing plans risk ‘accessible homes crisis’ for England says new research
Housing experts have today warned of an ‘accessible homes crisis’ as new research reveals that less than a quarter of homes built outside London by 2030 will be suitable for older and disabled people.
Habinteg and Equality and Human Rights Commission release free accessible housing toolkits.
Habinteg has created a toolkit designed to help local government leaders improve the availability and management of housing for disabled people. The document offers best practise approaches and practical tools to empower local authorities to consult, provide useful adaptations, assess housing stock and build accessibility into planning frameworks.
Read Habinteg and Equality and Human Rights Commission release free accessible housing toolkits.…Work for us
Working at Habinteg
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%
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disabilities, long-term health conditions to apply for our roles. We encourage job-seekers from all backgrounds and experiences to express their interest, and to contact us at recruitment@habinteg.org.uk if you would like to chat to us or discuss reasonable adjustments for your application or interview process.
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