Housing: Disability
(asked on 9th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to require that all new homes must be adaptable for use by disabled people at each stage of their life.
Answered by
Stuart Andrew
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
This question was answered on 16th June 2022
Government consulted on options to raise the accessibility and adaptability of new homes, recognising the importance of suitable homes for older and disabled people at each stage of their life. This is a technical and important piece of work towards boosting the supply of homes with built in adaptability for different stages of life. We will set out our plans in due course.