Accessible or Visitable Housing Archives

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

These fact sheets by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation cover a range of the most important topics when renovating a home to make it more accessible.

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Canadian Standards Association Accessible Dwellings Standard

The accessible dwellings standard was developed to support peoples’ accessibility needs. It uses evidence to outline the requirements for the design, construction, and renovation of accessible homes.

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Concrete Change Visitable Housing

This American resource outlines in simple terms the benefits of creating visitable housing, including a cost-benefit analysis.

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Curbless Showers: An Installation Guide

Use this guide to learn how to install truly accessible showers.

Visitable Housing Canada

This organization is working to promote visitable housing in Canada and has some resources available on technical aspects of visitable housing, as well as Canadian and American initiatives.

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Canadian Standards Association Accessible Dwellings Standard

Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)

Canadian Standards Association Accessible Dwellings Standard

Concrete Change Visitable Housing

Curbless Showers: An Installation Guide

Visitable Housing Canada

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Canadian Standards Association Accessible Dwellings Standard