Fight against 'disgraceful' accessible housing standard

Disability advocate Julie Charlton is calling for the government to update housing standards. Footage by (AAP/Belad Al-karkhey)

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00:00We're talking about homes that have corridors wide enough to put a wheelchair through, we're

00:07talking about bathrooms that don't even have accessible railing on there but could have

00:15it in the future because it's reinforced, we're talking about having at least one level

00:20access to the building, we're talking about having a bathroom on the ground floor, this

00:27is not hard.

00:28I want to be able to move out of my home one day and live and go to work and be able to

00:29use the bathroom or even just get around my own home independently.

00:30I want that opportunity just like everybody else.

00:31And so I truly implore the government to sign up to the silver standard for housing accessibility

00:32because that will open up so many doors.