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Education And Advocacy For Universal Design And Accessibility In Housing, Apisara Vairojanakich, Amy Lyons-Brown, Molly Wuebker Apr 2024

Education And Advocacy For Universal Design And Accessibility In Housing, Apisara Vairojanakich, Amy Lyons-Brown, Molly Wuebker

Spring 2024 Virtual OTD Capstone Symposium

In the United States, there is a lack of adequate numbers of universally designed and accessible houses in the housing market for the older population and people with disabilities. Many barriers, such as financial support and lack of knowledge for housing-related professionals, can prevent this population from participating in home occupations. The project developed educational products, including the universal design housing experience booklet, universal design housing checklist, and universal design blueprints. These products were delivered through the blog post on Uncurbed LinkedIn website. The needs assessment was conducted to provide the guidelines for the chapters in the booklet and checklist. …


New Beginnings Homeless Transition Village, Community Design Center Jan 2018

New Beginnings Homeless Transition Village, Community Design Center

Project Reports

More than three million Americans experience homelessness annually. Emergency shelter capacity is limited while local governments are unable to provide even temporary housing. Informal housing involving interim self-help solutions are now popular adaptive actions for obtaining shelter despite nonconformance with city codes. Unfortunately, most informal solutions have resulted in objectionable tent cities and squatter campgrounds where the local response has simply been to move the problem around. Our homeless transition village plan prototypes a shelter-first solution using a kit-of-parts that can be replicated in other communities. Village design reconciles key gaps between informal building practices and formal sector regulations, creating …


Risd Events May 15, 1981, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives May 1981

Risd Events May 15, 1981, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

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RISD Events was a bi-weekly publication focusing primarily on putting out a calendar of events happening in and around the school. This issue from May 15, 1981 concerns student housing. Gary Yesser, a lawyer for RISD students and Dennis Owens, RISD director of Housing were interviewed. An article entitled "Bitter Suites: Before You Rent, Know Your Rights" from the NewPaper of February 18, 1981 was included.


The Maine Competition: Architectural Design For Low-Cost Housing, Maine State Planning Office Oct 1976

The Maine Competition: Architectural Design For Low-Cost Housing, Maine State Planning Office

Maine Collection

The Maine Competition: Architectural Design for Low-Cost Housing - Submissions - October 1976.


Sponsoring Agencies: Allen Pease, Director, State Planning Office; Genevieve Gelder, Director, State Housing Authority; Evan Richert, Sam Ely Community Services Corp.

"The Competition was funded in part by grants from the Maine State Commission on the Arts and Humanities and a HUD Comprehensive Planning and Assistance Grant."


Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 1, Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer, Amos Long Jr., Synnove Haughom, Don Yoder, John A. Burrison, Clement Valletta Oct 1965

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 15, No. 1, Elizabeth Clarke Kieffer, Amos Long Jr., Synnove Haughom, Don Yoder, John A. Burrison, Clement Valletta

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• The Year of the Rupjonjim
• Pennsylvania Summer-Houses and Summer-Kitchens
• Religious and Educational References in Lancaster County Wills
• Genealogy and Folk-Culture
• Pennsylvania German Folktales: An Annotated Bibliography
• Italian Immigrant Life in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1890-1915 Part II