Source · Select Committees · Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Recommendation 2
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Acknowledged
Take action based on heard concerns regarding disabled people’s housing needs
Recommendation
We have found little evidence that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is fully recognising the housing needs of disabled people, let alone treating disabled people’s needs as a priority in housing policy. In particular, it is deeply concerning that the Government’s new Disability Action Plan fails to directly address housing at all, despite clear evidence of the knock-on effect of housing on all aspects of disabled people’s lives. Moreover, the only substantive reassurance that the Minister for Housing and Homelessness was able to provide us with was that she had “heard from lots of people on the ground” in her capacity as the Ministerial Disability Champion. We recommend that the Government should take action based on the concerns that the Minister has heard. (Paragraph 15) Increasing the supply of accessible homes
Government response summary AI-generated
The government acknowledges the challenges disabled people face regarding housing accessibility and states it intends to set out its policies on the accessibility of new homes in the near future, providing details about a necessary technical consultation at that time.
Government Response
The government responded to this report on 6 March 2025. No passage in that response could be matched to this recommendation. Read the response document ↗