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Urgent action needed on housing for disabled people

Published: 11 May 2018

Sue Adams is the Chief Executive of Care and Repair England, a national charity established in 1986 to improve the housing and living conditions of older and disabled people.

The ‘other’ hidden housing crisis

Published: 11 May 2018

One of our commissioners highlights the housing crisis you're unlikely to read about in the papers.

Legal Support Project: housing and social security discrimination

Last updated: 09 Jul 2018

We are now accepting applications for funding for cases that involve discrimination in housing or social security law.

Housing and disabled people: Wales's hidden crisis

First Published: 11 May 2018

Report on accessible and adaptable housing for disabled people in Wales, setting out the challenges they face and our recommendations for the Welsh Government.

How housing services can help people live independently

Last updated: 09 Jul 2018

Our case studies highlight the impact that accessible housing can have on people's lives.

Housing and disabled people: a toolkit for local authorities in Wales

First Published: 18 Oct 2018

This toolkit is for local authority elected members in Wales, particularly those involved in housing and planning.

Your rights to accessible and adaptable housing in Wales

First Published: 18 Oct 2018

A guide for disabled people and the organisations that support them. Setting out your rights and responsibilities, information and tips on renting from a private landlord or from a letting agency, adapting your home and where to get help.

Housing and disabled people: a toolkit for local authorities in England

First Published: 19 Oct 2018

This toolkit includes guidance for local authorities in England on providing and managing housing adaptations, the allocation of housing, planning for accessible homes, strategic planning and supporting tenants.

Social housing and your rights: information for disabled people

First Published: 19 Oct 2018

This information is for disabled people. It is about renting social housing and your rights. Social housing is housing run by councils and housing associations.

Your rights when you rent from a private landlord: information for disabled people

First Published: 19 Oct 2018

This information is for disabled people. It is about your rights when you rent a home from a private landlord.

Making changes to your home because of your disability

First Published: 19 Oct 2018

This information is for disabled people. It is about making changes to your home if you need to because of your disability.

Plugging a much needed gap in housing advice for disabled people

Published: 19 Oct 2018

Imogen Blood, founder and director of Imogen Blood and Associates, writes about the launch of our new housing advice guides for disabled people and the organisations that support them.

Your rights to accessible and adaptable housing in Scotland

First Published: 19 Oct 2018

Guidance for disabled people and the organisations that support them, setting out your rights and responsibilities, information and tips on renting from a private landlord or from a letting agency, adapting your home and where to get help.

Article 1 of the First Protocol: Protection of property

Last updated: 15 Nov 2018

This right ensures you can enjoy your own property peacefully. This can mean where you live, your possessions and certain types of financial benefits.

Housing and disabled people: a toolkit for elected members of local authorities in Scotland

First Published: 11 Dec 2018

This toolkit is for those involved in housing and planning in local authorities in Scotland. It covers the Public Sector Equality Duty, planning accessible homes, providing adaptations and accessible housing registers.

Your rights to accessible and adaptable housing in England

First Published: 19 Oct 2018

Guidance for disabled people and the organisations that support them, setting out your rights and responsibilities, information and tips on renting from a private landlord or from a letting agency, adapting your home and where to get help.

Housing and disabled people: Britain's hidden crisis

First Published: 11 May 2018

Our housing inquiry looks at the current provision of accessible and adaptable housing for disabled people provided by local authorities and registered landlords.

Equality Commission seeks to reverse ‘right to rent’ in Scotland and Wales

Published: 17 Dec 2018

We intervene in a legal challenge to prevent the UK government from rolling out 'right to rent' in Scotland and Wales.

Housing and disabled people: Britain’s hidden crisis

Is the availability of accessible and adaptable housing fulfilling disabled people’s rights to live independently?

Housing and disabled people: what should local authorities do?

Last updated: 01 Feb 2019

Toolkits for local authorities in England and Wales, and for elected members in Scotland, particularly those involved in housing and planning.