accessible housing

There’s no denying that affordable housing can be expensive to build. But we need to look at the long-term benefits of those investments to see the bigger picture.

Because so many old buildings are hard to fully retrofit, new homes need to fill in the gap.

Four disability activists tell us what they needed to make their homes accessible, and how difficult it can be to find accessible housing.

Not everyone with intellectual and developmental disabilities needs to live in a highly structured group home. There are ways to make integrated, independent living work.

With homelessness on the rise, the U.S. shelter system is ill-equipped to accommodate disabled occupants.

Laying the groundwork for transportation equity can start with listening to disabled people’s experiences of infrastructure for non-drivers.

People with disabilities have the constitutional right to choose community-based care rather than institutionalization, but without enough accessible, affordable units, some are still being forced to live in nursing homes.

Accessibility for this challenging disability can look different from other measures—but addressing it could help improve everyone’s health. 

The ways in which buildings are managed after they are built also affects how accessible and inclusive they are.

Affordable housing projects should incorporate a range of accessibility features, going above and beyond code requirements.

Activists have been fighting for decades to expand accessible housing for disabled residents. They’ve made progress, but say that current regulations and enforcement don’t go far enough.

Welcome to Shelterforce’s newest Under the Lens series, Not Just Ramps—Disability and Housing Justice. This introductory article lays out why the connection between disability and affordable housing is so strong, and why it’s so important for housers to understand.