Only 3% of new housing approved in London is accessible, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/01/only-3-of-new-housing-approved-in-london-is-accessible-study-finds
Posted by slobbyKnob1
Only 3% of new housing approved in London is accessible, study finds
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/01/only-3-of-new-housing-approved-in-london-is-accessible-study-finds
Posted by slobbyKnob1
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And? Why should a larger percentage be accessible when that just adds costs to everybody else?
How are all the new build multi story flats with lifts not ‘accessible ‘ sounds like bs
>she was finally able to move into accessible council housing last summer, a new-build development that won an award before it even opened. But more problems have arisen since. The eco-friendly heating system takes four hours to raise the temperature by one or two degrees. Temperature limits on the bathwater stop it getting hot enough, meaning her carers have to bring water from the kitchen. There is no wifi connection.
Classic stupid Britain giving awards for greenwashing things that don’t work. I mean surely the most green solution is to offer no hot water or heating at all?
This whole thing is so frustrating. Why can’t we actually do things properly anymore? Why can’t we just pay people to build quality shit and then if it’s not up to standard hold them accountable until it is.
In general we should work out what percentage of the population is disabled and needs wheelchair access, for instance, and then make that percentage of housing properly accessible to them and spend the money to make it good and the rest can be designed for everyone else.
They need to start by making the buildings up to a high standard first .. new builds are awful.
Oh fuck off now. Just be happy we’re getting some more housing.
This is either really bad, or not, depending on whether it means that most housing is actually not accessible, or whether it is because the standards that define ‘accessible’ are too strict and properties are failing because they only left 1.49m between the kitchen unit and the wall or whatever.
I’m going to sound like a massive dick now and I really don’t want to be, but does every property need to be accessible?
Disabled people absolutely deserve a good and broad choice of housing across the capital, but necessitating every property needs to be accessible is just a bit mental in my opinion.
We should make every effort to create accessible spaces where reasonable and practical but ultimately a future of complete accessibility is just not ever going to be a thing. I wish it was, but plentiful homes and lower prices are far more important to society as a whole than creating vast swathes of accessible housing that 90% of the population doesn’t need in my opinion.