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Housing discrimination for disabled and minorities needs to end |
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Wednesday, 19 September 2007 |
Disabled Scots and those from ethnic minorities face challenges in meeting their housing needs, and many public authorities are not suitably equipped to deal with the problem according to a new survey.
The research, undertaken by the Disability Rights Commission, shows that a quarter of local authorities and Communities Scotland offices make no mention of the specific needs of ethnic minorities or disabled people in their housing plans.
Chris Oswald, Head of Policy at the DRC said of the report’s findings:
“This absence of planning is especially worrying as our own research suggests that 85 per cent of Scots expect to grow old in their own houses, and not to have to move into care. But at the current rate of development this won’t be an option as there simply won’t be enough adapted houses to meet demand. The Government recently announced a review of Scottish housing supply – we hope that this research will help them avert a coming crisis. One in five of all Scots has some form of disability and Scotland’s ethnic minority community is growing quickly – this isn’t an issue we can ignore.”
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