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The city hosted an Accessible Housing Forum today and several politicians heard harrowing stories from those living with disabilities.
A quarter of New Zealanders live with some form of disability, but only two percent of homes have been built with accessibility in mind.
In an overheated housing market it was tough for anyone to find a home, but Access for All representative Chris Ford said it was much tougher for those with disabilities.
It is a very deep crisis, it s overlaid a crisis that pre-existed the housing crisis for the non-disabled population. I think that for younger people today, younger disabled people there s also that same desire that their peers have to go out and live independently but there are those affordability and accessibility issues as well, Ford said. ....

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