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Breaking barriers: Three new resources to make new homes more accessible
February 13, 2025
TORONTO (February 13, 2025) – The Accelerating Accessibility Coalition, which is hosted by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Toronto, today launched three ‘how to’ tools for home builders after celebrating 77 members at two-year anniversary.
TORONTO (February 13, 2025) – Hopes just got brighter for a Canada with homes that are livable and visitable for people of all ages and abilities, thanks to today’s launch of three tools by the Accelerating Accessibility Coalition (AAC).
The AAC, a first-of-its-kind community of real estate, accessibility, and civic leaders, announced a record 77 organizations and individual members as it celebrated two years of action and impact. ULI (Urban Land Institute) Toronto serves as the Coalition’s secretariat and will host a free webinar showcasing these ‘how-to’ tips on March 5.
The vast majority of new homes built today do not meet the needs of people with disabilities and aging Canadians. Yet many builders and their partners aren’t clear how to make homes more accessible beyond the building code. These new tools address that barrier, including a video that demonstrates what builders can do to design accessibility into new developments and the unprecedented publishing of standards by The Daniels Corporation (Daniels) and design and cost considerations by Penguin Living. They are the latest resources available in the Coalition’s Accessibility Toolbox.
“The AAC is about building empathy for why a home needs to be more accessible and showing builders how to do it in a cost-effective way,” said Luke Anderson, Co-Chair of the AAC and Executive Director of StopGap Foundation. “The video, standards, and specifications demonstrate the ground-breaking contributions these leading developers are making to the vision of a more accessible Canada.”
“Accessibility is a critical pillar to building equitable communities, and yet it has not always been a hallmark of the development industry,” said Richard Joy, Executive Director, ULI Toronto. “ULI Toronto, as a broad based, multi-disciplinary industry association with over 2200 public and private sector members across the Greater Golden Horseshoe, is leveraging our network of professionals to significantly boost the know-how we need to make homes accessible.”