Resource Library

The Pretty, Good Project have produced some handy guides on inclusive design in the home environment. Written with later life living in mind, but useful for making things easier at any stage of life, the guides contain ideas, things to consider and questions to ask around heights of appliances, chairs, bathrooms, showers, giving your home a fresh a lick of paint bathrooms and sprucing up your home.

By listening to and working with older people on the design of our communities we can produce communities that benefit everybody.

A toolkit from Habinteg and EHRC advising about best practice for planning, designing, and adapting housing for people with disabilities.

In 2018 Habinteg assessed accessible housing requirements in place in local planning authorities across England.

This report highlights the best examples of English councils, as well as providers such as handyperson services, working to support local people to keep living in their own homes for longer, particularly those who are managing health conditions or have experienced a loss of mobility.

The Welsh Government is consulting on service standards for the delivery of housing adaptations.

This new report from Knight Frank looks at the growing need for dementia-friendly housing in the UK