Current strategies to address the housing needs of nearly 20 percent of the New  South Wales (NSW) population cannot meet demand and are not fit for purpose, disability groups say.
Seven groups representing the 1.4 million NSW people with disabilities on Wednesday issued a blueprint for action they want the next NSW government to take.
As well as covering education, employment, transport and communication spaces, the blueprint calls for NSW to sign up to minimum accessibility changes in the National Construction Code by October and the building of 5000 accessible social homes every year.
“If you’re going to choose to run a state where the population is growing and you’ve promised to look after everyone … then 20 percent of us need to be looked after on a very basic level,” wheelchair user Susan Wood told AAP….