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TY - JOUR
T1 - Disability and dependency : origins and futures of 'special needs' housing for disabled people.
AU - Stewart, John
AU - Harris, Jennifer
AU - Sapey, Bob
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - In this paper we analyse the provision of housing for disabled people in both its historical and ideological contexts. While the recent extension of part M of the Building Regulations to dwellings by the government represents a significant advance towards the inclusion of disabled people, we argue that the shift in funding of public housing from a 'bricks and mortar' subsidy to Housing Benefit potentially creates greater dependency. This amounts to a policy contradiction in which the government is punishing disabled people for being dependent whilst simultaneously being the cause of their dependency. If this issue is not addressed disabled people will continue to remain excluded, albeit within accessible dwellings.
AB - In this paper we analyse the provision of housing for disabled people in both its historical and ideological contexts. While the recent extension of part M of the Building Regulations to dwellings by the government represents a significant advance towards the inclusion of disabled people, we argue that the shift in funding of public housing from a 'bricks and mortar' subsidy to Housing Benefit potentially creates greater dependency. This amounts to a policy contradiction in which the government is punishing disabled people for being dependent whilst simultaneously being the cause of their dependency. If this issue is not addressed disabled people will continue to remain excluded, albeit within accessible dwellings.
U2 - 10.1080/09687599926343
DO - 10.1080/09687599926343
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 5
EP - 20
JO - Disability and Society
JF - Disability and Society
SN - 0968-7599
IS - 1
ER -