The AIA released some findings from their Home Designs Trends Survey from the first quarter of 2008, which discusses how, due to the weakened housing market, there is a trend to build smaller homes, which have greater accessibility for an aging populace, and a desire for spending money on improvements on the outside areas, which may be easier to do than improvements to the interior.
The story is located here:
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0606/0606b_htdsq2.cfm
For information on accessibility in homes, please review the design manual for the Fair Housing Act located here:
http://www.huduser.org/intercept.asp?loc=/Publications/PDF/FAIRHOUSING/fairfull.pdf
The story is located here:
http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thisweek08/0606/0606b_htdsq2.cfm
For information on accessibility in homes, please review the design manual for the Fair Housing Act located here:
http://www.huduser.org/intercept.asp?loc=/Publications/PDF/FAIRHOUSING/fairfull.pdf
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