5 Live Investigates
5 Live Investigates
BBC Radio 5 Live
Accessible Homes
46 minutes Posted Nov 13, 2016 at 12:21 pm.
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Families tell 5 live Investigates about the daily difficulties they face living in homes which aren't suitable for their needs. More than 300,000 people with disabilities aren't able to live their lives to full, hampered by stairways, inaccessible bathrooms, and in one case the simple lack of a ramp which means one elderly woman hasn't been able to leave her house for two years.

And why has almost £60 million been paid out in compensation by UK police forces in the last two years?