Accessibility Is Home podcast: Disability-Informed Real Estate Conversations.
Accessibility Is Home is the podcast about accessible homes, inclusive home design, and private-market real estate for people with disabilities —focusing on the reality that most everyday homes in the United States are not required to be accessible.
Hosted by Angela Fox, blogger and author of My Blue Front Door, the show explores how people with physical, sensory, cognitive, chronic, and senior with disabilities navigate the real estate market to buy, modify, and live in homes that truly meet their needs.
Through conversations with realtors, builders, contractors, developers, advocates, and disabled homeowners, Angela examines real-world barriers in the private housing market and highlights practical solutions such as home modifications, inclusive home features, disability-informed real estate practices, and pathways to accessible homeownership.
Whether you are a disabled homebuyer, family member, real estate professional, or builder, this podcast delivers clear insight into creating and finding accessible homes beyond subsidized programs—where accessibility is part of the home itself, not an exception. Because everyone deserves a home that works.
Accessibility Is Home podcast: Disability-Informed Real Estate Conversations.
8# Fair Housing Act; investing in rental modifications can help save for homeownership
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September is the anniversary of the Fair House Act Amendment that finally included disabilities in 1998. If you are renting and have mobility impairments, you need to know what changes you can request to meet your disability needs under the FHA. In this episode, you will learn about:
- What type of homes does FHA cover?
- What is the difference between Accommodation and a Modification?
- Examples of both an Accommodation and a Modification?
- How to get your landlord to pay for modifications?
Getting Modifications paid for is difficult because landlords are not required by the FHA. I talk about understanding universal design can help you persuade to get a landlord to pay for the modifications and why. I also talk about the financial you will likely face if you want modifications.
Finally, instead of thinking about just modifying your rental home, think of it as an investment into your new home that you will buy.I will talk about the need to invest in buying what I call, “portable modifications.” Some of the portable modifications I will discuss:
- Kitchen; portable dishwasher, fog-free mirror over the stovetop, pull-down shelving
- Bathroom; bathtub grab bars, built foldable tub bench seat, suctioned grab bars, tilt mirror,
- Interior; Portable ramp for an uneven floor plan, temporary wooden floor
- Smart; lighting and thermostat
When you are done, don’t forget to visit my blog, check out my book, and get some freebies at www.horizontalhouses.com . The transcript of this episode is a blog post with links to discussed modifications! Got questions? Email at accessibilityishome@gmail.com
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