Houses are Getting Smaller

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

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