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Independent lives and the relevance of lifetime homes
- Author:
- IMRIE Rob
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 21(4), June 2006, pp.359-374.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
A problem for disabled people, particularly individuals dependent on the use of a wheelchair, is housing that is not easily usable due to physical barriers. A proposed solution by government is the adoption of lifetime homes (LTH) standards that are likely to become mandatory for all newly constructed dwellings in the private sector in England by 2008. It is, therefore, an appropriate time to take stock of LTH standards, and to evaluate to what extent they are able to address the problems for disabled people caused by physically inaccessible housing. In doing so, the article provides a critique of LTH standards, and suggests that while they are, in some respects, a positive development, they are not, in and of themselves, a panacea in relation to rectifying the shortfall of accessible dwellings.
Accessible property goes mainstream
- Author:
- HODGKINSON Conrad
- Journal article citation:
- Access by Design, 107, Summer 2006, pp.12-14.
- Publisher:
- Centre for Accessible Environments
The author describes the latest developments of the Accessible Property Register - a resource for disabled people looking to buy, rent or sell accessible or adapted housing.
Disability rights handbook: April 2006 - April 2007
- Author:
- GREAVES Ian
- Publisher:
- Disability Alliance
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- London
- Edition:
- 31st
Equality and diversity: a framework for review and action
- Authors:
- JEFFERY Joanna, SEAGER Richard
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 69p., CD ROM
- Place of publication:
- London
The National Housing Federation here responds to the growing need to for guidance on how to conduct reviews of policies, functions, services and activities that covers the whole range of equality areas, these are race and ethnicity, gender, disability, sexuality, age and faith and belief.