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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.
Flexible housing solutions needed
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, Summer 2005, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
This article contains individual case examples which show how parents with disabilities have complex reasons for wanting to change housing. They highlight the importance of appropriate housing and the need for flexible solutions.
Housing and disabled parents
- Author:
- WATES Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Disability, Pregnancy and Parenthood International, Summer 2005, pp.8-11.
- Publisher:
- National Centre for Disabled Parents
Many disabled parents face daily difficulties in meeting their child's needs because they live in housing that is not suitable to their needs. This article briefly highlights recent research and also provides personal accounts by disabled parents which underline the problems they face. The article also includes a selection of relevant organisations and resources.
The need for inclusive housing design
- Author:
- NICKSON Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(1), February 2005, pp.29-32.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the principles to be followed by housing designers and planners to ensure disabled people are not excluded by design from future housing development, outlining the demographic drivers and the problem with current housing stock and commenting on the standards to be applied to ensure inclusion for all members of society. If government rhetoric about building sustainable communities in which people want to live is to be matched by action, attention must be paid to the housing needs of everyone who is part of that community, including disabled people. The author is with John Grooms Housing Association, a leading specialist provider of wheelchair-standard housing in England, with more than 1,200 properties.
Choosing where you live
- Author:
- SCOPE
- Publisher:
- SCOPE
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Getting one's own home can be a long and complicated process for disabled people, but there are staff and organisations that will give them support, help and advice.
An end to a means
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 8.12.05, 2005, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
There are plans to end the means testing of the disabled facilities grant. However, the author discusses how families will still face problems making the home adaptations they need with the grant limit currently at £25,000.
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.
Disability Discrimination Act 2005: chapter 13
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 69p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Disability Discrimination Act 2005 ("the 2005 Act") makes substantial amendments to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 ("the DDA") building on amendments already made to that Act by other legislation since 1999. The 2005 Act takes forward the Government's remaining proposals. The 2005 Act contains provisions giving effect to many new provisions which did not appear in the draft Bill: in particular sections 6 to 8 (rail vehicles), section 9 (disabled persons' parking badges), section 15 (general qualifications bodies) and section 16 (improvements to let dwelling houses).
Changing Britain for good: putting disability at the heart of public policy
- Author:
- DISABILITY RIGHTS COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Disability Rights Commission
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper sets out priorities for achieving a society in which all disabled people can participate fully as equal citizens. The report shows that disabled people have more housing problems, unemployment and general poverty, on average, than non-disabled people.
Independent living for disabled people
- Author:
- ASPIS Simone
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 8(4), December 2005, pp.34-36.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Government’s 2005 Green paper on Adult Social Care put forward a vision of ‘independence, well-being and choice’. While the notion of independent living was central to the vision and to the substantive policy proposals presented in the Green Paper, there was no definition of what ‘independent living’ actually means. The British Council of Disabled People (BCDP) supports many of the ideas in the Green Paper, such as the proposed introduction of individualised budgets. It also has concerns about the continuing lack of basic rights to receive support and to live independently in one’s own home, and about the way in which the new vision will be financed and implemented. This article looks at some of the concerns of the BCDP.