Lifetime Homes Standards
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The Lifetime Homes Standard is a series of sixteen design criteria intended to make homes more easily adaptable for lifetime use. The concept was initially developed in 1991 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
and Habinteg Housing Association.
The administration and technical support on Lifetime Homes is provided by Habinteg, who took on this responsibility for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2008. A dedicated website providing information about Lifetime Homes design, technical specification and policy background can be found at www.lifetimehomes.org.uk.
On 25 February 2008 the UK Government announced its intention to work towards all new homes being built to Lifetime Homes Standards by 2013.
The Code for Sustainable Homes (Level 6) includes the Lifetime Homes Standard.
A revised version of the Lifetime Homes Standard was published on 5th July 2010 in response to a consultation, introduced to achieve a higher level of practicability for volume developers in meeting the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The revisions will also facilitate the adoption of Lifetime Homes design as a requirement for all future publicly funded housing developments.
The revisions are the result of work by the Lifetime Homes Technical Advisory Group representing a cross-section of practitioners involved in housing design, housing development, access consultancy and provision of adaptations. A list of these individuals is available on the official Lifetime Homes website.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is a British social policy research and development charity, that funds a UK-wide research and development programme. It seeks to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice...
and Habinteg Housing Association.
The administration and technical support on Lifetime Homes is provided by Habinteg, who took on this responsibility for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in 2008. A dedicated website providing information about Lifetime Homes design, technical specification and policy background can be found at www.lifetimehomes.org.uk.
On 25 February 2008 the UK Government announced its intention to work towards all new homes being built to Lifetime Homes Standards by 2013.
Other standards
Part M of the Building Regulations includes requirements aimed in a similar direction to the Lifetime Homes Standards, but generally not going quite as far.The Code for Sustainable Homes (Level 6) includes the Lifetime Homes Standard.
A revised version of the Lifetime Homes Standard was published on 5th July 2010 in response to a consultation, introduced to achieve a higher level of practicability for volume developers in meeting the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes. The revisions will also facilitate the adoption of Lifetime Homes design as a requirement for all future publicly funded housing developments.
The revisions are the result of work by the Lifetime Homes Technical Advisory Group representing a cross-section of practitioners involved in housing design, housing development, access consultancy and provision of adaptations. A list of these individuals is available on the official Lifetime Homes website.