FROM BAD TO WORSE IN A TIGHT U.S. HOUSING MARKET
Rodney Harrell, vice president, family, home and community for AARP, knows there is a huge market for affordable, accessible housing.
“Think of it not pure wheelchair access but making our housework for us at all ages. Design for all abilities makes our housing stock more valuable,” he said, noting that accessibility features do not limit re-sale or re-rent to people with disabilities.
“I laugh when I watch HGTV and see housing with a zero threshold shower with a fold down bench in the home of a young family.
They might be doing it for design reasons. But over time, they will need these
features.”
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