Inclusive housing is essential to building communities where everyone can thrive. Expanding fair housing choice and opportunity for all residents includes designing and delivering housing that meets the needs of residents with disabilities.
While 26% of people have a disability, less than 6% of U.S. housing is accessible. Most new housing still falls short of meeting diverse accessibility needs, and code alone doesn’t provide a roadmap for truly inclusive design.
Staff from The Kelsey shared tools and frameworks for local governments to implement Inclusive Design Standards, a holistic framework for advancing accessible, inclusive housing.
The Kelsey develops inclusive housing, advances disability-forward housing policy and provides technical assistance to local jurisdictions and organizations at all stages of their disability-forward housing efforts.