The third edition of Habinteg’s Wheelchair Housing Design Guide is published this week (12 February 2018). The guide is the product of a partnership between Habinteg and the Royal College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section – Housing (RCOTSS-Housing) and is...
New British Standards Published The British Standards Institute (BSI) have published a new and revised British Standard on accessible and inclusive built environments. BS8300:2009 has been replaced with a two part standard as of this month. Design of an accessible and...
An article by Jean Hewitt, Director of Centre for Accessible Environments has been featured in Building Control News. Jean explores whether the needs of over 12m people with hearing loss in the UK are forgotten about in the design of new buildings and external spaces....
Habinteg PR and Policy Officer Ella Taylor attended The New London Architecture (NLA) breakfast talk, concerning ‘housing for the third age’. This event raised interesting questions around how we categorise ‘older people’ in relation to housing. Discussion from...
CAE Director, Jean Hewitt, was interviewed on BBC Three Counties Radio on Sunday 8 January to comment on the national shortage of accessible public toilets. The interview commented on the national news story concerning Paralympian and disabilities campaigner Anne...
