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May 17, 2018 0

Disabled people face ‘hidden crisis’ in accessible housing

Disabled people have been left “demoralised and frustrated” by the housing system and face a “chronic shortage” of accessible homes, according to a new report by the equality and human rights watchdog. More than 350,000 disabled people in England have unmet housing needs, with one-third of those in rented accommodation living in unsuitable properties,

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Zara Todd giving evidence to the committee

March 22, 2018 0

Government rejects nearly all recommendations from MPs’ access inquiry

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The government has accepted just three of 23 recommendations made by a committee of MPs that were aimed at improving disabled people’s access to the built environment. The women and equalities committee concluded in its report last April that disabled people were too often finding their lives “needlessly restricted by features of the built

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March 22, 2018 0

Eight years on, government announces plans to bring in access laws for tenants

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The government has finally agreed to bring into force long-awaited laws that will impose a duty on landlords to allow disabled tenants to make access improvements to the hallways, staircases and entrances of residential properties. The measures were part of Labour’s Equality Act 2010, which became law just before the 2010 general election, but

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Signs taped to a front door saying Help, I Have No Food, and I Am Trapped In Here

December 14, 2017 0

Council shamed into action after ‘years of neglect and discrimination’

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A local authority has been shamed into taking action after years of alleged neglect and discrimination left a disabled activist starving, freezing, and his home so full of rubbish that firefighters said it was too dangerous to enter. Mark White has been left so desperate at the lack of support, money and food that

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Sue Bott giving evidence to a parliamentary committee

November 2, 2017 0

‘Caution’ urged over government’s supported housing U-turn

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Long-term supported housing will continue to be funded through the social security system, the government has announced, while it has also scrapped plans to cap housing benefit payments, which caused huge concerns across the sector over the last two years. Former chancellor George Osborne announced two years ago in his autumn statement that no-one

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April 27, 2017

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Disabled people face ‘unacceptable barriers’, and government must do more, say MPs

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The barriers disabled people face in navigating the built environment are an “unacceptable” attack on their quality of life and right to equality, according to a committee of MPs. The report on disability and the built environment, by the Commons women and equalities committee, calls on the government to take a more visible lead

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December 15, 2016

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Watchdog’s inquiry into accessible housing shortage ‘must also look at affordability’

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An inquiry launched by the equality and human rights watchdog into the “chronic lack” of accessible housing has been welcomed by campaigners, but they warned that it must also look at whether such housing is affordable for disabled people. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) inquiry will look at the impact of the

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Paul Rutherford sitting next to Warren on a red sofa

November 10, 2016

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Supreme Court’s rulings mean bedroom tax ‘will still unfairly hit thousands’

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The government’s “bedroom tax” discriminates unlawfully against some disabled people who need an extra bedroom because of their impairment, but not against others, the Supreme Court has ruled. The Supreme Court ruled yesterday (Wednesday) that ministers’ decision to apply the bedroom tax to disabled people who need an extra bedroom for a clear medical

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October 27, 2016

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MPs hear of affordable, accessible housing drought and ‘decimation’ of access groups

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MPs have heard evidence from two leading disabled campaigners about the shortage of affordable, accessible housing across the country. Zara Todd, chair of Inclusion London, and Sue Bott, deputy chief executive of Disability Rights UK (DR UK), were giving evidence to the women and equalities committee for its inquiry into disability and the built

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Outside view of the Houses of Parliament

October 20, 2016

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MPs hear of government’s failures on accessible housing

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A parliamentary inquiry has been told of the government’s failure to deal with the severe shortage of accessible housing, and other problems disabled people continue to face in accessing the built environment. The women and equalities committee yesterday (Wednesday) published written evidence it has received from more than 150 individuals and organisations as part

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