Posted 09.12.14
Leading UK charity Leonard Cheshire Disability has revealed that 300,000 disabled people will spend this Christmas trapped in unsuitable homes in a new report published as part of its Home Truths campaign.
The Charity's report No Place Like Home, launched at a parliamentary event today, found that an overwhelming 84% of councils have no information about wheelchair accessible housing - effectively leaving disabled people languishing on housing waiting lists and living in severe discomfort.
The Charity also found that of the councils with a housing plan in place, just 38 (fewer than 17%) have set out plans to build 'disabled-friendly' homes in 2015, offering no hope to thousands of disabled people stuck in desperate situations.
Leonard Cheshire Disability believes the Government and housing developers are failing disabled and older people, and wants the Government to make it mandatory for developers to include 'disabled-friendly' homes in their plans.
The No Place Like Home report outlined how the top ten developers could build all new homes to be disabled-friendly and still maintain profits of £1.3 billion a year.
The report No Place Like Home can be downloaded via this link.
