Videos

This page provides links to videos and webinars promoting the concepts of visitable,  accessible, or universally designed housing. 

Concrete Change

  • Building Better Neighborhoods, Part 1 (1994 – 9:25). Part 1 explains the benefits of visitable housing and shows examples. It features a construction engineer explaining why Atlanta Habitat for Humanity decided to build virtually every house to be visitable. (The version linked here was enhanced and posted on YouTube in 2009 thanks to the efforts of Ron Amundson and Chris Cholas of Disability Rights Hawaii).
  • Building Better Neighborhoods, Part 2 (with Visitability Song) (1994 – 5:57). Part 2 includes an architect testifying in favor of visitability, and ends with the Visitability Song interspersed with the credits and video clips. (The version linked here was enhanced and posted on YouTube in 2009 thanks to the efforts of Ron Amundson and Chris Cholas of Disability Rights Hawaii).

Habinteg Housing Association, United Kingdom

  • My Accessible Home with Alan Miner (2015 – 5:05). Alan describes the difficulties he faced when finding a home that met the long-term needs of his family. Clicking on the title goes to a page with long (5:05) and short (0:54) versions of the video, each with subtitled and signed options.
  • Accessible Design for the Built Environment with Alan Milner (2015 – 5:30). Alan calls for accessible design in housing and the wider built environment to be placed firmly on the United Kingdom’s agenda. Clicking on the title goes to a page with with subtitled and signed versions.
  • My Accessible Home with Chris McNamara (2015 – 4:26). Chris explains that finding a wheelchair accessible home that fulfils his needs has been key to maintaining his independence. Clicking on the title goes to a page with with subtitled and signed versions.
  • My Accessible Home with Rebecca Page (2015 – 4:27). Rebecca explains the importance of her accessible home to her as a young person leaving university and also talks about her frustration at government delays in providing vital adaptations. Clicking on the title goes to a page with long (4:27) and short (0:45) versions of the video, each with subtitled and signed options.

Inclusive Design and Environmental Access Center (IDeA), SUNY at Buffalo 

Maui Disability Alliance (Hawaii)

  • Visitability (2017 –  2:30). This video was created to promote visitable housing at the Maui Disability Alliance’s 21st Annual Legislative Forum in October 2017 with the theme It’s All About Community Inclusion. A wheelchair user explains the rationale for visitability and shows examples of accessible features around her own home.

VisitAbility Project, Canadian Centre on Disability Studies

  • Webinar on VisitAble Housing for Age-Friendly Communities (2015 – 57:41). This webinar explains the importance of visitable housing for creating age-friendly communities, including: introduction to visitable housing; Canadian examples of visitable housing; strategies for incorporating visitability in age-friendly communities; and recommendations and resources.
  • Webinar on Building VisitAble Homes (2014 – 1:43:24). This webinar covers: background information on the concept of VisitAble homes; design and construction strategies to build VisitAble homes; ways to build affordable VisitAble homes; and cost information related to building VisitAble homes.
  • Webinar on Policy Development for VisitAble Housing (2014 – 1:40:49). This webinar covers: relevant policies in Vancouver, Manitoba and Tucson; policy development process; challenges in policy development; strategies to address challenges; and policy outcomes and impacts.
  • Webinar on VisitAbility in Social and Affordable Housing (2015 – 1:01:21). This webinar is intended to inform municipal, provincial, and territorial planners and developers of Canadian examples of advancing VisitAbility in social and affordable housing. The following issues are discussed in their local, regional, and national contexts: policies related to VisitAbility in social and affordable housing; incorporating VisitAbility in public housing projects; and relevant challenges and considerations.

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