Improved accessibility and 7-star energy efficiency standards expected for new homes

Photograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAPPhotograph: Tracey Nearmy/AAPStep-free access and corridors wide enough to fit wheelchairs are expected to be among the minimum mandatory standards state and territory building ministers will agree to for new homes at a meeting on Friday in Sydney.

Queensland’s energy and public works minister, Mick de Brenni, said he was “very confident ministers would recognise that livable homes are a human right” for the 4.5 million Australians living with a disability. Voluntary standards set a decade ago by the building industry had not worked.The proposed requirements would include step-free access, internal walkways that facilitate a wheelchair or walking frame, and a toilet on the entry level.

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