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Building Homes for Affordability, Independence, and Community
Imagine not being able to visit a friend’s home (or invite them to dinner at your place) because a single step presents a barrier. That’s the daily reality for the more than 1n in 10 Americans with a mobility disability. Although 80% of Americans want to age in place among family, friends and neighbors, virtually every new home still includes barriers that make that impossible. Retrofitting those homes after occupancy is costly, time consuming, and easily avoidable.
At the Idaho Access Project, we promote Visitability—simple, no-cost design choices that make homes safer, more convenient, and welcoming for everyone. A zero-step entrance, wider doors, and a usable main-floor bathroom are small features that turn isolation into community and freedom.
The Increasing Market Value of 'Visitability'
Let’s Build Homes and Neighborhoods for Life
When's the last time you visited a friend's home or they visited you?
If one of you—or a family member —uses a wheelchair or walker, could you still visit one another for coffee, dinner, or to celebrate together, or do stairs create a barrier to visitability?
If so, you’re not alone.
The Idaho Access Project is working to engage home buyers, builders, Realtors, architects and planners in creating ‘aging-friendly’ residential design and development. Read more about this exciting project in the latest Ralston Report from Ralston Group Properties.
About Us
Visitability
Visitability
Learn more about the Idaho Access Project, how and why it was founded, our mission and vision, and who's behind the curtain.
Visitability
Visitability
Visitability
Check out more information about one of our projects - making new single-family homes in Idaho visitable!
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Visitability
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accessible housing matters podcast
Idaho Access Project - A New Approach to Building Accessible Neighborhoods
Click here to check out the Idaho Access Project's interview with Stephen Beard on Visitability and other neighborhood accessibility projects.
