Part 1: concepts and contexts - Accessible housing, quality and design -- Disability, design and the speculative house-building industry -- Housing quality, standards and the domestic environment

Part 2: securing accessible homes - Ideal homes: disabled people's experiences of domestic design. case study: domestic lives - Jenny, Elaine and Toni -- House builders, disability and the design of dwellings. case study: constructing accessible dwellings on sloping sites. The regulation of the house-building industry. Case study: securing accessible housing in two English towns -- Experiential knowledge as a component of housing quality. Case study: cultivating influence through disabled people's organisations.

Part 3: promoting accessible housing -- Inclusive domestic environments.

Considers role and significance of house builders in influencing design and construction of accessible housing that meets the needs of people with diabilities. The primary focus of the item is speculative house building process and the construction of private (for sale) dwellings. Describes and evaluates the socio-institutional political and technical relations that underpin the design of housing. Features an exploration of people with disabilities' experiences of inaccessible dwelling spaces and the role of law and regulation relating to the provision of accessible housing.