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Sue Popkin, co-director of the Disability Equity Policy Initiative at The Urban Institute, has Sjogren’s Disease and uses a cane for mobility.
“Our research revealed that more than 18 million people
with disabilities face significant barriers to stable and quality housing that
is affordable, accessible, and inclusive of people’s support needs,”
Popkin said of a survey conducted with The Kelsey, a San
Francisco–based nonprofit that co-develops affordable disability-forward
multifamily housing for people with and without disabilities.
“The Kelsey is working with people with disabilities to
design affordable housing — rather than working with an architect who thinks
about what accessibility should be,” she said, noting that a tiny fraction of
architecture firms truly understands accessible housing.
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