ACCESSIBLE HOUSING (5)

PLANNING BEST PRACTICES CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE WHEELCHAIR USERS

Edward Steinfeld, AIA

Even though single-family housing accounts for more than 70 percent of dwellings in the U.S. 

Except in a few localities that require visitability and for a small proportion of units built with public funding, very few accessible single family homes are being built. 

Given the aging of the population and the almost universal desire to “age in place,” this means that government policy is not matching demand, says Edward Steinfeld, AIA, director of the IDeA Center at the School of Architecture and Planning University at Buffalo, SUNY.