Disabled People and Housing: Choices, Opportunities and BarriersThis book provides a comprehensive investigation of housing issues for disabled people from a social model perspective. Documenting historical and current trends, it looks at policy, barriers to housing options and meanings of 'home'. Such a review is crucial to understanding the varying housing needs and desires of disabled people, particularly in the current economic climate. The book is a practical resource for housing policy makers and practitioners, and will be of interest to academics and students in the field. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
from past to present | 19 |
from personal tragedy to social disadvantage | 51 |
the built environment and access to information | 67 |
income affordability and risk assessment | 99 |
assumptions and institutional practices | 129 |
7 Creating the home in a society of barriers | 157 |
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Disabled people and housing: Choices, opportunities and barriers Hemingway, Laura Limited preview - 2011 |
Disabled People and Housing: Choices, Opportunities and Barriers Laura Hemingway No preview available - 2011 |
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