'I couldn't believe how difficult it was to find accommodation in England, even London.'
Under the government's plan, announced in July, all future new build homes would be, meaning they are step-free, more spacious and offer wheelchair access into all the rooms.
For many wheelchair users, the best option is housing that meets the wheelchair-accessible standard. These either already have all the adaptations in place or can easily be adapted at the point of purchase or occupation. Councils that do offer wheelchair-accessible homes typically do so at under 10% of their housing stock, according to the FOI data.
"When I left, I suddenly realised this accessibility just isn't the norm in everyday life," he says. "I couldn't believe how difficult it was to find accommodation in England, even London."found that the capital is not meeting its target for 100% of new homes to be adaptable or wheelchair accessible. Only 74% of homes due to be built by 2030 are planned to accessible standards, down from 88% the year before, it found.
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