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Architectural Digest: Americans Need Home Design That Welcomes Everyone
The needs of the modern home—and the abilities of its residents—are increasingly varied, a fact that the…
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Making Homes Visitable: A Guide for Wheelchair Users and Hosts
Source: Research & Training Center on Independent Living Can Grandma, who uses a walker, still attend the family Thanksgiving…
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Mandating Visitability for New Housing is a No-Brainer
By Patricia Morrissey & David Leake for the Center for Disability Studies Wheelchair users often find it…
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HGTV: ‘Visitability’ Makes Homes Accessible
Improving access for all makes sense, builders and remodelers say. There’s a new word in the vocabulary…
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Builder: Understanding the Need for Accessible Home Design
According to a report issued this month by the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, fewer than…
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Baltimore Sun: With aging population, a gap in home design
Suzanne and Dan Swisher started looking for a new house a few years ago. With their children…
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Builder: 75% of Baby Boomers Unready to Age in Their Homes
HomeAdvisor was out Monday with its annual report on Aging in Place. What it found is not…
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Back Home in Indiana Alliance: ‘Visitability’ moves from a new idea to an important trend in Indiana
INDIANAPOLIS — “Visitability” is not just a nice idea. In more and more Indiana communities it’s becoming…
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LIVESMART Design: “Visitability” – a way of thinking about aging and design
By Carolyn Cook with LiveSmart Design in Charlotte, NC for Davidson Committee on Aging, 2011 As the…
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Builders: Cincinnati may be model on ‘visitability’
A National Association of Home Builders official said Cincinnati’s efforts to promote “visitability” concepts in new single-family home construction could be a national model for builders
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Council resolution makes city more inclusive
This resolution will provide an incentive for builders to build zero-step entrances, wider doorways, basic access to bathrooms.
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Book advocates for accessibility in single-family homes
The book aims at changing the way the industry looks at accessibility, in particular, for single-family homes.
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Canton veteran welcomed back to his renovated home just in time for the holidays thanks to Purple Heart Homes
Farmington Valley Times Dec. 30, 2013 Joe Recupero’s home was renovated to include a new roof, handicap…
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Aging at Home? Be the Host With the Most (Visitability)
Huffington Post June 6, 2014 Although “visitability” was not invented out of concern for older people specifically,…
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Builder: 7 Aging-In-Place Essentials
According to U.S. Census data, the number of Americans 65 and older is expected to rise 35…
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Concrete Change cited in “Psychology Today” blog
Social stigma is a breakdown of social empathy. Instead of seeing the world through the eyes of…
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Concrete Change hosts U.S. Secretary for Fair Housing at East Lake Commons
On March 15, Concrete Change hosted U.S. Secretary for Fair Housing John Trasvina at East Lake Commons,…
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Advocate Gets Visitability Guest Column in City Paper
Right now, there are hundreds of people in Montana who cannot go home. They cannot go home…
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Memphis Downtowner Visitability Article
Memphis CIL scores visitability article in city magazine (November 2011). Read the full article on the Memphis Downtowner website.
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Public Health Award for Concrete Change
Concrete Change activist Eleanor Smith was awarded a 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. Community Service Award from…
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Nevada Public Radio: Let us in: Why Southern Nevada needs visitable homes
Think accessible housing is just an issue for the “disabled”? Think again. Making Las Vegas livable in…
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PVA Magazine: Visitability – A Growing Trend
By Mark Lichter, AIA, PVA Architecture Accessibility laws and codes have certainly helped increase access to many…
