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G E O R G I A I N I T I A T I V E F O R
C O M M U N I T Y H O U S I N G
E L E A N O R S M I T H – C O N C R E T E C H A N G E
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Inclusive Home Design (“Visitability”)
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Introduction
Define Visitability
Why useful term, and why not useful
What has changed from a century ago
Inclusive Home Design, Visitability, is a response to the changed reality so that house construction begins to catch up with technological advances and changed demographic realities
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The Status Quo: What We Do Now
(how we are calculating demand now and why that is not valid)
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How many houses?
Journal of the American Planning Association, Summer 2008 By one measure of disability, 60% of all new houses built today in the US will have, over the lifetime of the house, a resident with a “long-lasting, severe mobility Impairment.” By another measure, 25%
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Problem: New Detached, Single-Family Houses with steps at all entrances and narrow bathroom doors
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Problem: New Attached, Single-Family Houses (Townhouses) with steps at all entrances and narrow bathroom doors
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ADA, FHA 95+ % Consequences: personal and fiscal
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Personal and Fiscal Costs of current design and construction:
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The Essential Features
• One zero-step entrance on an accessible route—at the back, side or front of the home, or through the garage depending on terrain • All main floor interior passage doors with 32 inches clear passage space. • A main floor bathroom with basic maneuvering space.
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Solutions: 30,000+ homes, built for the open market with a zero-step entrance and wide interior doors, have resulted to date from Visitability ordinances in a dozen cities and states have resulted to date.
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value and convenience for all.
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A Solution: Layers of Flats Instead of Attached, Two-Story Townhouses above Commercial
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More Townhouse Solutions
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Common Misconceptions
Hilly lots difficult
Front entrance always best
Aesthetically displeasing
More vulnerable to water/termite
Cost is high
End Part I
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Fact: Planned-in-advance visitability on new construction costs little: about $100 for houses built on a slab and $400 to $600 for houses built over a
basement or crawl space.
Myth: Visitability is expensive and incompatible with housing affordability..
© Concrete Change and Georgia DCA
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o Voluntary o New Incentives
o Tied to Existing Incentives o Laws
o International Code Council: 2008 “Type C Visitability” model code for single-family, Duplexes and triplexes
Strategies
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