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1 POWER HOUSE To what extent does housing empower disabled people in Scotland and Norway Dianne-Dominique Theakstone, PhD Research Student, University of Stirling

2 Introduction Housing is important for empowerment of disabled people in Scotland and Norway; Outline PhD Governance and disabled citizenship shape access to independent living; PhD data and housing issues for disabled people in Scotland and Norway; Conclusion References

3 PhD Research Building Inclusion: to what extent do the governance structures in Scotland and Norway facilitate or impede disabled peoples access to independent living? Population; Land mass. Welfare regimes; Political power.

4 PhD Research Norway Parliament Scottish Parliament

5 PhD Methodology Literature review; Key experts; Case studies of the Glasgow Centre for Inclusive living and Uloba; Service-users of case studies; Electronic survey of external disability or housing related organisations.

6 Scotland P Homes Fit for the 21st Century 2011 The Scottish Government s action plan for housing during the next decade. Housing and Disability Related Policies Country P/PS Title Year Key Features for Disabled People Norway PS Universal Design (devised by Weissman) Norway P Discrimination and Accessibility Act Scotland (UK) PS Part M of the Building Regulations Scotland (UK) P Disability Discrimination Act Scotland (UK) P The Human Rights Act Scotland P the Homelessness etc (Scotland) Act; 1992 inclusive approach incorporating flexibility, accommodation of a person s life course needs and eradication of special social status or power relations accessibility across planning codes, new builds, transport and IT systems 1999 visit ability standard with for instance level access to property, accessible circulation of ground floor Improved access to service provision public and private based on the 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights goals for equal opportunities, full participation and respect for difference Abolishes priority need. Scotland PS The Scottish Housing Quality Standard Scotland (UK) P Disability Discrimination Act 2005 Ensures water-tight and good repair of properties allows private-renting disabled tenants to make alterations which are deemed reasonable adjustments, no longer refuse on grounds of aesthetics. Scotland P Equalities Act 2010 replaces many parts of the disability discrimination Act, under employment promotes positive action (affects housing sectors).

7 Constituativeness of Disability What is citizenship? The disabled self; The social model of disability; What is peer support? Empowerment strategies.

8 Constitutativeness of Independent Living IL disabled people access all areas of life; Holistic; Informal and formal practices.

9 Shared Issues Aging population; Chronic shortage of accessible housing; Use of resources.

10 Housing: View outside Lift inside building

11 Uloba and Housing Solely Personal Assistance model; Housenbank main facilitator of access to housing for disabled people; Challenges or gaps.

12 The Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living and Housing GCIL services; Disabled people twice as likely to rent social housing; Multi-facetted challenges housing options; Positive Action Professional Careers initiative; Homes2Fit.

13 Conclusion No right or wrong, highlight different empowerment strategies in Scotland and Norway; Uloba strong, successful, rich organisation; influential policy-making Europe and nationally; Politically overt; Service-user lead; Indirectly constitutiveness of IL.

14 Conclusion Continued GCIL services reflect constitutativeness of IL; Service-user lead; Politically opaque; Resource constraints shape services; patchwork policy landscape; Scope coordinate agendas with other parties.

15 REFERENCES Glasgow Centre for Inclusive Living. N.p., n.d. Retrieved on 13 June 2012 from Lister R. (2003) Citizenship: feminist perspectives. (2nd.ed), (Palgrave Macmillan). Oliver M. (1990) The Politics of Disablement. Basingstoke: MacMillan. Uloba (2012) retrieved on 13 June, 2012 from Weisman L K. (1992) Discrimination by Design: a feminist critique of the man-made environment. Urbana: The University of Illinois Press.

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