Dunedin hosted an Accessible Housing Forum today. The city hosted an Accessible Housing Forum today and several politicians heard harrowing stories from those living with disabilities. "It is a very deep crisis, it's overlaid a crisis that pre-existed the housing crisis for the non-disabled population. They heard harrowing stories from those with a range of impairments and how that had affected their ability to find safe, warm, liveable and accessible housing. Disability advocates hoped to develop an Accessible Housing Action Plan for Otepoti-Dunedin and the wider Otago region.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 01, 2021 05:26 UTC