Our existing housing stock must be made accessible too, not just new builds

By Paul Smith 2019-09-17T11:45:00

Campaigns such as the Healthy Homes Act are ensuring new homes are built to accessible standards. But what about the existing stock?

Over the last few months, there has been some great progress in making new homes accessible and adaptable. The separate campaigns run by Habinteg and the TCPA – which is proposing a Healthy Homes Act – resulted in Theresa May announcing that all new homes should be built to accessible standards.

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