Silence in our sector - disabled voices in social housing
Posted 04.03.24
HACT: Further reading
Disabled people are the biggest minority group in the UK with 14.6m people currently registered as disabled.
Despite 21% of working adults being classed as disabled, the emphasis on disability in social housing still tends to focus predominantly on the over 55s.
In this blog, Melanie Beverley-Hughes (Events and Digital Communications Officer at HACT) considers the impact of this and what more can be done to support.
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