Proposal to include minimum accessibility standards for housing in the National Construction Code - Decision Regulation Impact Statement

The Centre for International Economics (CIE) was engaged by the ABCB to undertake this Regulation Impact Statement (RIS). In this RIS, the term ‘accessible’ has been adopted to describe the proposed housing features that are based on universal design principles.

This Regulation Impact Statement (RIS) examines the costs and benefits of including accessibility standards in the National Construction Code (NCC), based on the Livable Housing Design Guidelines (LHDG) which could apply to the construction of new residential housing.

Accessible housing is based on the principles of universal design and is housing that includes features which enable safe and comfortable use by people with disability and those transitioning through life stages. In 2009 governments, industry and advocates agreed through a National Dialogue to pursue an aspirational target that all new homes would be of an agreed Universal Housing Design standard by 2020.

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