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Visitability Policy Visitability Policy MPP Professional Paper In Partial Fulfillment of the Master of Public Policy Degree Requirements The Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs The University of Minnesota Jenny Lewis December 8, 2009 _________________________________ ____________________ Name and Title of Paper Supervisor Date of oral presentation Signature of Paper Supervisor, certifying successful completion of oral presentation __________________________________ ___________________ Name and Title of Paper Supervisor Date Signature of Paper Supervisor, certifying successful completion of professional paper __________________________________ ___________________ Name and Title of Second Committee Member Date Signature of Second Committee Member, certifying successful completion of professional paper 0 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………Pages 2-3 Visitability Context……………………………………………………………………....Pages 3-4 Legislative History……………………………………………………………………….Pages 4-6 Design Concepts and Ideologies………………….…………………………………….Pages 6-10 Guidelines……………………………………………………………………..……….Pages 10-12 Local and State Efforts…………………………………………………………...……Pages 12-16 National Efforts………………………………………………………………..………Pages 16-18 International Efforts…………………………...………………………………………Pages 18-19 Feasibility……………………………………………………………………………...Pages 19-20 Stakeholder Response…………………………………………………………………Pages 20-22 Minnesota Specifics…………………………………………………………………...Pages 22-23 Next Steps……………………………………………………………………………..Pages 23-26 Conclusions……………………………………………………………………………Pages 26-27 Chart of Local and State Efforts……………..……………………………………………..Page 28 References………………………………..……………………………………………Pages 29-31 1 Introduction Bob, a good friend of my family, loves to visit our farm for card games and movie watching and Sunday dinner, and we love to have him. He calls and says he’s coming out, and instead of adding another place-setting to the table, my mom starts making calls, rounding up a crew of people that can help get Bob into our home. Bob has Multiple Sclerosis and relies on a heavy power wheelchair to get around. It usually takes about four strong and agile people to get Bob up into the front porch, and then again, up into the main level of our home. When Bob has to use the bathroom, he uses a urinal in one of the bedrooms on the main level because the bathroom doors are too narrow for wheelchair clearance. When he is finished, he has to ask one of us to take the urinal and empty and clean it for him. When it’s time for Bob to go home, again a crew is gathered. My grandfather had a brain tumor in the later years of his life. The tumor affected the balance control in his brain and he was unable to walk. We assembled a similar crew, but my grandfather was 7’ tall, and the crew could never safely handle the lifting. My grandfather never got to see our new house or take part in the activities there. My 100 year old great-grandmother is now mobility impaired. The crew could easily handle her small frame and tiny wheelchair, but it’s too much for her. She refuses to be lifted and jostled. She says it makes her feel unsafe and burdensome. My stepdad has osteoarthritis in his knees and he’ll need to get the joints replaced next winter--but he won’t be able to stay in our home to recover. No, he’ll have to stay in a local nursing facility where he’ll be able to move about freely, unrestricted by stairs or doorways too 2 narrow for the walker he’ll need during his rehabilitation. He will join the ranks of those unwelcome by the barriers of our home. The costs of remodeling our home would be immense, and no one thought of the potential obstacles we would face when the home was built years ago. None of the residents at the time had mobility impairments and that was the only consideration. Today there is a different option that allows for a home to welcome everyone, regardless of age or impairment. It’s called visitability. This paper explores visitability in single-family homes. First, I will identify the prevalence of disability and the implications of an aging population. I will discuss the impact and evolution of the disability rights movement and accessible housing policy. Next, I will compare the ideologies and implications of the three design principles: accessibility, universal design, and visitability. I will look at the architectural features that compose visitability. International, state and local governments have initiated voluntary and mandatory visitability programs with varying success and I will discuss these, paying particular attention to Minnesota policy. I will identify stakeholders and illuminate their concerns about visitability. Finally, I will look to the future and the potential for the expansion of visitability. Visitability Context At the beginning of the 20th century, people with mobility impairments were an insignificant minority. With an average lifespan of 47 years, few people aged into disability. Demographics have changed. Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, people are living longer, with an average life span of 78 years (World Bank, 2007). The United States Census Bureau 3 estimates that by the year 2030, 70 million people will be 65 years old and older (Kochera, 2002). As the aged population grows and grows older, more and more are aging into disability. An estimated 22 million Americans aged 65 years old and older reported having physical difficulties in 2006 (Maisel, Smith, & Steinfeld, 2008). Not only is the general population living longer, but people disabled at birth or at younger ages are living longer, too. While the United States engagement in wars has created a large and visible population of veterans with disabilities, advances in medicine have enabled people to survive otherwise fatal illnesses and traumas. A 2007 survey reported that 12.8% of Americans aged 21-64 have a disability (Bjelland, Erickson, and Lee, 2008). The demographic shifts have encouraged a change in attitudes as well. People with disabilities are no longer an invisible, institutionalized population. In the 1999 Olmstead case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that services should be delivered to people with disabilities in the most integrated setting possible. The most integrated setting possible is often a single-family home in a residential community. Legislative History The Disability Rights Movement began in the 1960’s, inspired by the philosophies and gains of the Civil Rights Movement. Working largely through legislation, the Disability Rights Movement was able to achieve great leaps in the 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s, and into the 21st century. New laws were enacted, prohibiting discrimination in education, telecommunications, transportation, and accommodation. 4 Momentum for access within the Disability Rights Movement began in opposition to institutionalized maintenance. With a multitude of veterans with mobility impairments, the most tangible obstacles were physical barriers. The Veterans Administration, The President’s Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, and the National Easter Seals Society teamed up to develop national standards for “barrier free” public buildings. In 1961, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) published the first accessibility standard entitled “A 117.1— Making Buildings Accessible to and Usable by the Physically Handicapped.” The goal of the standard was buildings that could be entered and used by people with disabilities. Never adopted by state or local legislative entities, these standards were not enforceable (Welch and Palames, 1995). By 1966, 30 states had passed their own accessibility legislation; by 1973, it was 49 states. In addition, different federal agencies continued to develop and issue additional regulations and minimum standards. These efforts resulted in complicated and competing accessibility standards for buildings and facilities. In 1984, an attempt was made to standardize federal accessibility guidelines, and incorporated the ANSI principles into the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standard. The Architectural Barriers Act of 1968 (ABA) was pivotal. Focusing on the physical design of buildings and facilities, this act mandated all sites designed, constructed, altered, or leased with federal funds to be made accessible. This nationwide prescription was seen as a great victory for the movement: a gain in credibility and visibility. The ABA was the first time physical access to buildings was required by Federal law. 5 In 1973, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act expanded the scope of accessibility to include program access. Section 504 prohibited discrimination in any program, service, or activity of the Federal government. While the preference was for a program, service, or activity to be offered through comparable, alternative methods, Section 504 required structural modification if there was no other feasible way to make a program accessible. The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 was even more expansive. Requiring accessible units be constructed in all new multi-family housing with four or more units, this act included both private and public building, not just those that received federal funds. In 1991, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued guidelines to facilitate compliance. This foray into the private housing market was truly a breakthrough (Shapiro, 1994). The most far-reaching and comprehensive legislation to date is the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). Declaring discrimination in access to places of public accommodation illegal, it mandated
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