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Chinese disability accommodation policy
- Author:
- FISHER Karen
- Journal article citation:
- Social Policy Research Centre Newsletter, 96, May 2007, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- University of New South Wales. Social Policy Research Centre
This article describes research undertaken in 2006 in China on Chinese disability policy. It summarises the research process, findings and implications for the participation of the Social Policy Research Centre in Chinese disability policy research.
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.
Housing: choice is the key
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, 51, Autumn 2005, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
This article explores ways to achieve long-term inclusive solutions for housing of disabled parents. The article draws on evidence from several housing studies which indicate that disabled people wont to choose whether or not to move home, and if they do wish to move they want choice.
Demolishing special needs: fundamental principles of non-discriminatory housing
- Authors:
- MACFARLANE Ann, LAURIE Linda
- Publisher:
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 79p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Derby
Research report looking at housing provision and policy for disabled people.
Housing people with special needs: a survey of shared housing provision by housing associations in England and Wales
- Author:
- RANDOLPH Bill
- Publisher:
- National Federation of Housing Associations
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 105p.,tables.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research report.
Housing and social policy: contemporary themes and critical perspectives
- Authors:
- SOMERVILLE Peter, SPRINGINGS Nigel, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 264p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This book looks at the changing nature of housing policy in the UK and how it relates to the economy and society generally. Contributors to the book consider the effects of market forces and state action on low-income households, different social classes, women, minority ethnic groups, and disabled people. It is argued that housing is a key focus for economic development, for social justice, for everyday lived experience, for class struggle, for gender and racial divisions, for organising the life course, and for physical and social regeneration.
Supply and demand for barrier free and adapted dwellings: data from the Scottish House Condition Survey 1996
- Author:
- SCOTTISH HOMES
- Publisher:
- Communities Scotland/Scottish Homes Research
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Adapt and survive
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.10.94, 1994, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Disabled people experience great difficulties in obtaining subsidies for housing renovation and adaptation, and if they manage to get a grant they then suffer long delays before the work is actually done. Assesses the prevailing climate.
The role of housing agency services in helping disabled people
- Authors:
- MACKINTOSH Sheila, LEATHER Philip, McCAFFERTY Paul
- Publisher:
- HMSO/Great Britain. Department of the Environment
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 113p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Research study comparing and contrasting the clients, type of service, and the costs of 3 different kinds of agency which provide housing advice and help with adaptations for disabled people. The 3 types of agency were: Care and Repair and Staying Put projects; the Walbrook Disabled Persons Housing Service; and agencies run by local authorities which provide a more varied service.
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.