Built Environment, Europe, May 25 2021 FINLAND: The Finnish Prime Minister’s Office has commissioned a study on the status and needs of accessibility legislation in Finland. Finland ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2016.The agreement mandates non-discrimination and defines accessibility from a human rights perspective as a prerequisite for independent […]

Entitled ‘Now is the Time’, the report makes transformative policy suggestions across employment, education, housing, transport, and access to goods and services. There is a strong push towards the need for raising accessible housing standards and drumming up awareness of the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) and home adaptations, as well as getting more disabled people […]