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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
Attzaz Rashid: How Barratt London is leading the way in accessible home design
Head of Design at Barratt London, Attzaz Rashid writes that, as we strive to address the UK's housing crisis, we must address what kind of society do we want to build for our children.
Read Attzaz Rashid: How Barratt London is leading the way in accessible home design…Lauren Walker: How an ambitious housing agenda can also help improve public health
Lauren Walker of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) discusses how innovative housing policy can help give people greater independence, and what local government can do to help.
Read Lauren Walker: How an ambitious housing agenda can also help improve public health…Kasia Ojukwu: The lack of accessible homes for disabled survivors of domestic abuse
Kasia Ojukwu of the Stay Safe East charity writes about how the scarcity of accessible housing is an issue that permeates all facets of society in a way that the vast majority of the public may not consider.
Scott Whitney: ‘A lack of accessible homes means I'm facing homelessness again’
Disability rights advocate Scott Whitney shares his housing struggles to show how raising the accessibility level of all new homes to the M4(2) accessible and adaptable homes would help disabled people.
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