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Housing LIN remembers 30th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995

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The Housing LIN remembers the Disability Discrimination Act 1995: 30 years on.

2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA), which made it unlawful to discriminate against people with disabilities in employment, in the provision of goods, facilities and services, and in the disposal or management of premises.

To mark the 30th anniversary, Housing LIN has commissioned a series of guest blogs from former and current campaigners, policymakers, practitioners, and people with lived experience. These blogs explore their perspectives on the DDA and its impact, or lack thereof, on housing and the built environment.

The first in the series was published on Thursday, 14 August 2025 (see below). Each blog will appear on our Blogs page and will also be featured here over the coming months. In addition, we look forward to hosting one of our popular HAPPI Hour webinars with contributors on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. Further details will be shared soon!

Our CEO, Jeremy Porteus, writes:

“Back in 1995, the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) was enacted. At that time, I worked at the Royal National Institute for the Blind and was heavily involved in lobbying parliament during the passage of the Bills seeking to ensure housing was adequately referred to.

Thirty years on, as the anniversary of the DDA looms, I have invited a number of people to write a guest blog for the Housing LIN. They will look back at the impact the DDA had, has had since, or not, personally and professionally, and whether the Act has made any difference to the lives of people with disabilities or how the housing sector has responded to the needs of disabled people.

I am really looking forward to this series of blogs and also inviting each contributor to join me at a special HAPPI Hour webinar in early November where they will reflect on the DDA and consider what more should have been done or can still be done”.

The guest blogs on the DDA by date order are:

Readers are invited to share their views using the comment function available at the foot of each blog page.