We’re grateful to our friends at SV@Home for featuring The Kelsey Ayer Station and the Inclusive Design Standards in their article, Designing Housing that Welcomes Everyone. Read on to learn more about how we can build a disability-forward housing future together.
This year marks the 26th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Olmstead v. L.C. (Lois Curtis). Known as the “Olmstead decision,” the ruling reaffirmed the right of people with disabilities to live wherever they choose. This right, however, is far from being fully realized. Without plentiful, affordable, accessible housing, and home and community based services, many people with disabilities aren’t able to live independently in the community.
Our partners at We Are Up are one step closer to bringing disability-forward housing to Humboldt County, California! We Are Up engaged us in 2023 as their technical assistance and development advisor, and we’ve been working closely with them since then to bring their vision to life.
We collaborated with urban planning students at the College of Environmental Design at the University of California as they studied the redevelopment of the Ashby Bart site east lot.
Members of our Housing team traveled to Mobile, Alabama, to support AIDS Alabama South in advancing their inclusive and affordable housing initiative. Together, we cohosted a powerful convening that brought together a passionate group of community leaders, advocates, and partners.
We guest-authored a blog post with the National League of Cities! The article breaks down the Inclusive Design Standards, showcases the cities that have adopted them, and offers guidance for designers, architects, and developers to advance disability-forward housing.
Located in Palo Alto, California, Mitchell Park Place will offer affordable housing to people with and without disabilities. Incorporating elements of the Inclusive Design Standards, the community was designed by Architects FORA and developed Eden Housing.
Designed using the Inclusive Design Standards, 38th Avenue Apartments offers 52 units of 100% affordable housing. The community was designed by Architects FORA and is being developed by MidPen Housing.
8 Partridge Street, located in Daly City, California, is an excellent example of adopting the Inclusive Design Standards to serve a diverse, multigenerational community. Designed by David Baker Architects and developed by MidPen Housing, this community is projected to open next year.
Poppleton East, located in Omaha, Nebraska, is a great example of the Inclusive Design Standards in action. Designed by Alley Poyner Macchietto Architecture and developed by inCOMMON Housing Development Corporation, these units will provide affordable, quality housing for people with and without disabilities.