Disability and housing
Below you will find useful resources and information on disability and housing. A person is defined in the Equality Act 2010 as having a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment which has substantial and long term adverse effects on the person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. This includes physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, mental ill health, learning disabilities and difficulties, autistic spectrum disorder, and certain health conditions for example HIV and Cancer. Organisations should strive to remove barriers that disabled people may face to accessing their services and gaining equality of opportunity, embedding the social model rather than the medical model of disability in their work. This approach is reflected in the resources below.
Please note we have a separate page with information about Mental Health and housing.
Accessing Members Resources
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Tai Pawb Good Practice Briefings
- Accessible Homes (2018)
- Dementia Service Provision and Housing Design (2014)
- Tenancy Breakdowns – Equality Considerations (2013)
- Making the most of Hearing Induction Loops (2013)
- Reasonable Adjustments – Employment (2013)
- Making information accessible (2012)
- Language communication needs (2010)
- Disability Equality and Housing (2010)
- Meeting the needs of people from BME communities in supported housing (2006)
Presentations from Tai Pawb Events
- Illegal Money Lending Unit (2016)
- Accessible Housing the role of the occupational therapist – College of Occupational Therapists (2013)
- Accessible Social Housing in Wales – a review of systems for assessment, recording and matching – Shelter Cymru and Disability Wales (2013)
- A standalone accessible housing register – Adapt Swansea (2013)
- Accessible Housing and Welfare Reform – Wales and West Housing Association (2013)
Housing and disabled people: A toolkit for local authorities in Wales
Tai ar gyfer pobl anabl Pecyn cymorth ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru
Useful Information
- Housing for Disabled Children and Families Quick Guide (National Assembly for Wales, 2012)
- Housing for people with a learning disability (Mencap, 2012)
- Hidden Housing Crisis (Leonard Cheshire, 2014)
- Accessible social housing in Wales: a review of systems for assessment, recording and matching (Welsh Government, 2013)
- A Review of Independent Living Adaptations (Welsh Government, 2015)
- Improving the design of housing to assist people with dementia (DSDC, JIT, CIH, University of Sterling, 2013)
- Is your housing dementia friendly – EHE Environmental Assessment Tool (The King’s Fund, 2014)
- Supporting people with sensory loss Best-practice guide for housing providers (RNIB Cymru and Action on Hearing Loss)
- Make it Clear (Mencap)
- ‘How do we define reasonable’ (EHRC)
- Who pays for an adjustments’ (EHRC)
- Discrimination in housing – duty to make reasonable adjustments (Citizens Advice)
- Reasonable adjustments for disabled workers (Gov.UK)
- Access to Work (Gov.UK)
- Piecing together a Solution: Homelessness amongst people with autism in Wales (Shelter Cymru, 2015)
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder A Guide for Homelessness Practitioners and Housing Advice Workers (Welsh Government, 2011)
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder A Guide to Housing Management for Practitioners and People in Rented Housing (Welsh Government, 2011, )
- Housing and HIV (NAT, 2009)
- The Impact of the Welfare Reform on People living with HIV in England – Summary Report (Centre Point Policy Analysis, 2014)
- Carers Rights Guide 2016, Looking after someone (Carers Wales, 2016)
Organisations that can provide further information:
- Disability Wales
- RNIB Cymru
- Cardiff Institute for the Blind
- North Wales Deaf Association
- Action on Hearing Loss
- Wales Council for Deaf People
- Sense Cymru
- Leonard Cheshire
- Scope
- All Wales People First
- List of Local People First Organisations
- Learning Disability Wales
- Mencap Cymru
- All Wales Forum
- British Institute for Learning Disability
- Down’s Syndrome Association
- British Dyslexia Association
- Wales Dyslexia
- West Wales Dyslexia Association
- Dyslexia Action
- National Autistic Society
- Special Needs Advisory Project (SNAP) Cymru
- Terrance Higgins Trust
- Body Positive Cheshire and North Wales
- Diabetes UK – Cymru
- Epilepsy Action
- Asthma UK Cymru
- Alzheimer’s Society
- Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Centre
- Arthritis Care Wales
- The Stroke Association
- Tenevous Cancer Care
- Macmillan Cancer Support
- Parkinson UK – Cymru
- Multiple Sclerosis Society Cymru
- Motor Neurone Disease Association
- Huntington’s Disease Association Wales
- Headway
- Carers Wales
- Carers Trust Wales
Please note the material in this section is for information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. Tai Pawb is not responsible for the content of external resource.