This petition was submitted during the 2017–2019 Conservative government
Rejected petition Make accessible homes in new housing developments a priority
Just 3% of local authorities outside London have policies to deliver & monitor the number of accessible homes built. Lack of homes is resulting in disabled people living in inadequate properties and delaying rehabilitation. Many are being sent home to live in one room, indefinitely.
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With 1.8 million disabled people across the country having an accessible housing need and just 7% of homes in England fully accessible.
Since 2012 Olympics there has been a huge shift in people's attitude to disabled people and we want to make our society fully inclusive. The benefits of accessible homes are not only experienced by disabled people. A wide range of people can benefit from the features of inclusively designed homes. Health, wellbeing and employment prospects are improved by having an accessible place to live and significant savings for health and social care budgets can be achieved by linking health and housing sectors more firmly.
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