'Disabled people can't get accessible homes because they are kept for the over 65s'

Richard_Scope

'Disabled people are in a really unfair place right now,' Kate Stanforth, a disability campaigner, tells House Beautiful UK. It's already hard enough for generation rent to climb the property ladder but with just nine per cent of England's homes providing basic accessibility features, disabled people are facing a housing nightmare.

Story by Lisa Joyner 

Read the full article from House Beautiful UK

forgoodnesssake

That is REALLY true.  I am watching loads of new housing being built round our town and no evidence of any single story/bungalow...and I often go into the show house and ask and they either say "no" or "yes there's one and it has one bedroom"...like only a single or older couple (ie with no children) could possibly need a bungalow.  

It just doesn't seem to be in any local housing strategies at all.  And then when you approach housing associations yes indeed, I have found that the majority of "accessible" housing is for over 55's and upwards!!  This is ludicrous

woodbine

I think it's true for the majority of people many of whom are facing a housing nightmare, the answer is of course that we build more social housing (of all types) that can be rented for a sensible rent and adapted where needed.

Richard_Scope

@forgoodnesssake, here is some research that I was involved in, with Habinteg and LSE Living not existing: The economic & social value of wheelchair user homes | Habinteg Housing Association

forgoodnesssake

Thanks for this @Richard_Scope