Staying Put

Most existing housing offers a poor fit for older people and people with disabilities and new construction adds less than 2 per cent to the housing each year. Ninety-nine percent of the housing that will be in use in the year 2000 exists today. The long-needed anthology Staying Put: Adapting the Places Instead of the People emphasizes the disabilities and abilities of environments instead of individuals. With contributions from leading authorities it integrates a wide range of theoretical and practical ideas about housing adaptation for researchers students consumers policymakers and practitioners in human services and the building trades.