Please check the following information about Accessible Housing in Tower Hamlets and an initiative called Project 120 that helps match applicants who require fully wheelchair accessible homes.
Accessible housing register
All homes that have undergone an access survey are included on the Accessible Housing Register, and categorised according to the London Accessible Housing Register categories
Designed to meet latest wheelchair accessible housing design standards offering extra space and wheelchair access to all rooms and facilities.
No steps inside or out
Communal access: level access with wide door, if above the ground floor at least two wheelchair accessible lifts
Front entrance: level access with wide door
Internal access:
may have stairs, if so will have lifting mechanism
wide doorways
wide corridors
Kitchen: may be designed for a wheelchair user, but may be a standard kitchen with space for a wheelchair to turn
Bath/shower room and toilet with space for wheelchair to turn
Wheelchair storage space and charging for electric wheelchair
Homes with four or more bed space expect two toilets
Likely to have a designated parking space
Designed to older wheelchair standards or significantly adapted to provide extra space and wheelchair access to at least the entrance level of the property.
No steps inside or out
Communal access: shallow ramp or level access with wide door
Front entrance: shallow ramp or level access with wide door
wide doorways
wide corridors
Internal access:
Kitchen: may be designed for a wheelchair user, but may be a standard kitchen with space for a wheelchair to turn
Bath/shower room and toilet with space for wheelchair to turn
Wheelchair storage space and charging for electric wheelchair
Four plus bed space homes expect two toilets
Designed with 16 Lifetime Homes design standards including larger space standards that together create an accessible and adaptable home.
No steps inside or out
Communal access: level access with wide door
Front entrance: level access with wide door
If above the ground floor at least one wheelchair accessible lift
Communal access: shallow ramp or level access with wide door
no steps
wide doorways
extra space in hallway if property has stairs they should meet the requirements for the installation a stair-lift
Internal access:
Kitchen: standard work surfaces
Larger bathroom
Minimum of one toilet at the level of the front door
Built to the older access standards or the more recent Building Regulations that insist on a level approach to the entrance, wider doorways and more space for all general housing.
Includes all new build homes that are on the ground floor or above the ground floor with at least one lift.
No steps inside or out
Communal access: shallow ramp or level access with wide door
Front entrance: shallow ramp or level access with wide door
no steps
wide doorways
extra space in hallway
Internal access:
If above the ground floor at least one communal lift
Kitchen: standard work surfaces
Bathroom: standard size
General housing with no steps to the property, which happens to have limited potential for future adaptability of the bathroom and stairs.
No steps inside or out, may have a shallow ramp
If above the ground floor at least one communal lift
If property has stairs, they should meet the requirements for the installation of the basic size stair-lift
Kitchen: standard work surfaces
Bathroom: standard size, but if small, should have the potential to be made bigger Enlargement of the bathroom or installation of a stairlift would need to be confirmed by a Housing Occupational Therapist.
Does not meet requirements for other accessible housing register categories. Will have at least one of the following features:
One or more steps to access the property
If above ground floor has no communal lift
Internal steps
If property has stairs, a stairlift is not possible as a future adaptation
Steep ramp or slope
Property not yet had an access survey
Help finding a wheelchair home
The Project 120
Tower Hamlets Council and its partners are committed to providing good quality homes to as many of the boroughs eligible residents as possible.
We recognise that many families have particular needs that make it difficult for them to live comfortably in their current property, and they require a wheelchair home that is more suited to their family’s specific needs.
We will work with these families and our developing partners in the borough, to provide a suitable home that we hope will meet their needs and one that they will be happy to live in.
We understand that some families need homes that better suit their specific needs, especially when a wheelchair-accessible property is required. We work closely with these families and our development partners in the borough to help provide a suitable home. One that meets their needs and feels right for them.
