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B.C. to require new homes to be adaptable for disabilities, prompting concern from developers
FRANCES BULA
VANCOUVER
PUBLISHED JULY 1, 2024
UPDATED JULY 2, 2024

All new homes constructed in British Columbia will be required starting next March to be easily adapted so anyone with a disability can live in them, but builders are raising concern about the expenses of the changes, prompting Vancouver to delay compliance.

Developers say the new rules will add potentially tens of thousands to the cost of all news homes because ensuring all builds can accommodate someone with a wheelchair or walker, for example, will require bigger kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms, among other changes.…

….. It can mean having to increase the size of a unit by 5 to 10 per cent. Adding costs means you can’t build what people can afford,” said Anne McMullin, the president of the Urban Development Institute, the advocacy organization for the building industry…

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/a...be-adaptable-for-disabilities-prompting/