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A government agency has announced that it will spend £15 million helping to fund more than 1,000 new family homes across three English counties, but not one of them will have to be suitable for a wheelchair-user to live in. Homes […]
Disabled campaigners have raised fears that the government is attempting to delay introducing measures that could help solve the accessible housing crisis. Members of Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People (GMCDP) raised the concerns after seeing a letter written by a […]
Ministers are to spend £30 million on projects across England that could lead to more than 17,000 new homes, but they are refusing to insist that a single one of them is built to strict accessibility standards. Despite announcing funding for […]
Ministers delayed publishing a report that called for more research into the benefits of accessible housing for up to four years, Disability News Service can reveal. The report, by architectural firm PRP, was finally published last week by the Ministry of […]