Identifying priorities and developing collaborative action plans to improve accessible housing practice, policy, and research in Canada.

ABSTRACT: This article describes the development of priorities and actions to improve the state of research, policy, and practice related to accessible housing in Canada for persons with disability or with accessible housing needs. A modified Delphi approach with an expert cross-sectoral panel was used to gain convergence on a set of priorities for advancing the accessible housing field in Canada. This included circulating an anonymous pre-meeting survey (N = 49) followed by an in-person planning meeting (N = 45). The expert panel at the in-person meeting identified three clusters of priorities from an initial list of 21 priorities, which included: 1) engaging with all levels of government to support accessible housing efforts; 2) developing educational resources to raise awareness about accessible

SUBMITTER: Hitzig SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11809924 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature