Our Focus
How do we work together ensure that everyone – including persons with intellectual disabilities,
has an affordable and accessible home that supports a sense of belonging and connection to the community?
Elements of Inclusive Housing
The Lab created a framework that identifies essential components of inclusive housing. Along with the six elements of the inclusive housing framework, the Lab noted that there are factors which enhance inclusive housing initiatives.
Inclusive Housing Solutions Lab
Welcome to the Inclusive Housing Solutions Lab that looked inside and outside the bricks and mortar of a building to explore what “home” means to us all.
Inclusive Housing Action Plan
It started with an Inclusive Housing Lab, now there’s an Action Plan too. Based on the Framework, we identified five areas for action.
Neighbourly Connections & Mutual Support
The physical structure of our home is just one aspect of our inclusion in our neighbourhoods and communities.
Supportive Government Policy & Programs
Government policies and the relationship between the three levels of government can support or hinder aspects of inclusive housing.
Increased Inclusive Housing Options
The ways that people live together or alone can be limitless – we all have our own preferences. Unfortunately, residential buildings and policies can impact the ways in which we live together (or apart) and what the physical structures look like.
Inclusive Housing Partnerships & Movement
When we talk about the social impacts of housing versus just the physical impacts of housing we can improve the health and well-being of people and communities.
Improved Access to Housing Supports & Information
In New Brunswick, housing, income, and disability supports are three separate provincial government programs. This leaves citizens navigating multiple intake streams, repeating information, and it creates confusion.
Resources
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