IRRV Alert - week ending 29th July 2022 Part 1
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Consultations
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Raising accessibility standards for new homes (28 July 2022)
Consultation outcome
Raising accessibility standards for new homes
- From:
- Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
- Published
- 8 September 2020
- Last updated
- 29 July 2022 — See all updates
Applies to England
This consultation has concluded
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Raising accessibility standards for new homes: summary of consultation responses and government response
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Detail of outcome
Government is committed to raising accessibility standards for new homes. We have listened carefully to the feedback on the options set out in the consultation and the government response sets out our plans to mandate the current M4(2) requirement in Building Regulations as a minimum standard for all new homes.
Original consultation
Summary
We are seeking views on options to raise accessibility standards for new homes.
This consultation ran from
8 September 2020 to 11:45pm on 1 December 2020
Consultation description
This consultation considers how to raise accessibility standards, recognising the importance of suitable homes for older and disabled people.
In particular, it considers how the existing optional accessible and adaptable standard for homes and the wheelchair user standard are used and whether government should mandate a higher standard or reconsider the way the existing optional standards are used.
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Raising accessibility standards for new homes
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Published 8 September 2020
Last updated 29 July 2022 + show all updates