Getting more out of WebEQuality - social housing
Introduction
WebEQuality provides more than just a single flavour of standard content, at a level of interest suitable for a very wide range of people: disabled and non-disabled, private individuals and employers, etc. For people who need greater depth of information about topics of special interest and current relevance, we have included in the training programme pages of additional reading that you can dip into as you require. These extra pages are free!
We have special information for Landlords and the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and Social housing and the DED. These pages are especially relevant to council housing and social housing, to housing associations and other bodies regulated by the Housing Corporation.
What is it about?
The topics covered include:
- the law and landlords
- "reasonable adjustments" for disabled tenants
- physical features
- can we withhold consent from disabled tenants who need to make physical adjustments to their homes?
- the Disability Equality Duty
- who does it apply to?
- what does it say?
- when does it apply?
- the General Duty and Specific Duties
- the Disability Equality Scheme and Action Plan
- ... and much more!
What's it like in practice?
Here's a small example of the special content concerning social housing and council housing:
"More favourable treatment"
"The law underlines the principle that delivering real equality for disabled people may require treating disabled people more favourably than other people, rather than simply treating them alike. Unlike other anti-discrimination laws, the DDA does not prohibit or restrict positive discrimination in favour of disabled people in any way. Indeed, it may already require more favourable treatment of disabled people through the duty to provide reasonable adjustments. For example, disabled tenants may need space to park their car because of their disability, even where other tenants do not have this facility provided."