Disabled People and Housing: Choices, Opportunities and Barriers

By Laura Hemingway

Book Overview

This book provides a comprehensive investigation of housing issues for disabled people from a social model perspective. Documenting historical and current trends, it looks at policy, barriers to housing options and meanings of 'home'. Such a review is crucial to understanding the varying housing needs and desires of disabled people, particularly in the current economic climate. The book is a practical resource for housing policy makers and practitioners, and will be of interest to academics and students in the field.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847428053
• ISBN13: 9781847428059
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"