Councils break law over home adaptations

Tue,28 April 2015
News

The long wait for a home — councils are failing disabled people

Leonard Cheshire Disability’s new report, highlights the long wait that many disabled people face in waiting for adaptations to their homes as a result of breaches in law by local councils.

The report, The Long Wait for a Home, found that, last year, two councils in three (62%) failed to pay for agreed adaptations within the legal time limit of one-year.

Leonard Cheshire Disability wants councils to guarantee, at the very least, that no disabled person waits longer than 18 months for essential adaptations to their home. They also want more funding for adaptations from both local and national government and for all new homes to be built to Lifetime Homes standards.

You can find out about the lack of disabled-friendly homes in your area from their news website, Can't Move.