Visitability Creating Inclusive Communities
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Authors
Kennedy, Meghan
Issue Date
2017-03-24
Type
Presentation
Language
en_US
Keywords
Disability , Home design , Visitability
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Abstract
There are 418,000 people with disabilities living in Connecticut, more than 76,000 in Hartford alone. Visitability is concerned with creating housing that will accommodate everyone, no matter what age or ability, in the aspect of community life. Visitability does not want to be associated with ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) practices by rather be an affordable, sustainable, and inclusive design approach for integrating basic accessibility features into all newly built homes and housing complexes. Homes built with everyone in mind are more in demand and bring a higher return on investment. An increasing design trend is that homebuyers are looking for ease of access features like open floor plans and single level living so they can stay active and stay in their home while aging-in-place. Visitable homes achieve this design trend because as homebuyers age they won’t need to make minimum accessibility changes. (A project of Independence unlimited,Inc, 2017)