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What can we do to provide more wheelchair-accessible homes?
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?…With most older people likely to age in mainstream housing, Government must act now on M4(2)/M4(3) 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…Is the institutionalisation of disabled people coming back?
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?…Finding housing solutions that address the needs of diverse individuals
Ninesh Muthiah discusses why building regulations should be amended and why national planning guidance is needed for local authorities.
Read Finding housing solutions that address the needs of diverse individuals…
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