Description
Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive investigation of housing issues for disabled people from a social model perspective. Documenting historical and current trends, it looks at policy, barriers to housing options and meanings of 'home'. Such a review is crucial to understanding the varying housing needs and desires of disabled people, particularly in the current economic climate. The book is a practical resource for housing policy makers and practitioners, and will be of interest to academics and students in the field.
Trade Review"The book vividly highlights the sheer complexity of issues that disabled people encounter in trying to navigate the housing system." Journal of Social Policy
"It succeeds in bringing together housing and disability studies literature and draws upon [the author's] personal research and stands out as the most up-to-date publication of its type." Housing Studies
Table of ContentsIntroduction; Housing policy and disability: from past to present; Understanding disability: from 'personal tragedy' to social disadvantage; Housing tenure, supply and the physical environment; The role of attitudes and assumptions; Affordability issues; A holistic view of the meaning of 'home'; Housing, disability and revisiting the social model.
