Resources

Below is a list of the most recent reports and submissions from Building Better Homes and our colleagues at the Australian Network for Universal Housing Design, that led to the adoption of the Livable Housing Standard in the National Construction Code.

• April 2024

  Summer Foundation research study: Supporting the design and construction sector to transition to minimum accessible standards in new homes: A qualitative study.

• August 2023
  ANUHD/BBH submission to the Review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme NSW’s rejection of basic accessible home standards ‘salt in the wound’ for disabled people.
   
• July 2023
  ANUHD/BBH submission to the Australian Building Codes Board proposing that ABCB Livable Housing Design Standard–Beyond Minimum be mandated by 2028.
   
• September 2021
  ANUHD submission to The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Tax and Revenue on the Contribution of tax and regulation on housing affordability and supply.
   
• August 2021
  ANUHD response to NSW SEPP review.
   
• June 2021
  ANUHD response to the draft NCC Livable Housing Design standard (Silver level).
   
• March 2021
  ANUHD submission to Disability Royal Commission: Promoting Inclusion Issues Paper.
   
• October 2020
  ANUHD submission to the New National Disability Strategy.
   
• October 2020
  ANUHD submission to the review of Premises Standard.
  
  
• October 2020
  University of Melbourne report – Living with disability in inaccessible housing: social, health and economic impacts.
  
  
• October 2020
  Melbourne Disability Institute and Summer Foundation Accessible Housing: the way forward supplementary report.
  
  
• August 2020
  
  ANUHD submission to the Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement for accessible housing.
  
  
• August 2020
  Melbourne Disability Institute and Summer Foundation response to the Australian Building Codes Board Consultation RIS: Accessible housing – the way forward.
  
  

• August 2020
  University of Melbourne and Summer Foundation audit of accessible features in 20 new build, high volume house plans.

• August 2020
  Dalton/Carter Independent review into the social cost benefit analysis undertaken by the Centre for International Economics for the ABCB.
  
  
• June 2020
  ANUHD submission to the Disability Royal Commission: Rights and Attitudes Issues Paper.
   
• December 2019
  ANUHD submission to the Disability Royal Commission.
   
• November 2019
  ANUHD submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission.
   
• October 2019
  ANUHD submission to the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.
   
• September 2019
  UNCRPD Committee Concluding observations on the combined second and third reports of Australia.
   
• October 2018
  ANUHD submission to ABCB Accessible Housing Options Paper.
   
• June 2018
  ANUHD Survey report released.
   
• February 2016
  ANUHD Proposal for Change to the ABCB (refused).
   
• January 2015
  ANUHD Progress Report on the National Dialogue on Universal Housing Design.