Hickey said she would be unable to fit through the front door of many new builds she sees around Auckland.
“We’ve actually got entire suburbs that exclude disabled people, so we’re probably talking about a full segregation around disability for a lot of areas,” she said.
“They’re focusing on density, not quality. There's absolutely been no real desire to make the houses quality driven around accessibility.”
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Minister for Building and Construction Poto Williams says reforms will improve the efficiency and quality of builds.
The Building Act, as it stands, does not have any minimum standards on accessibility for disabled people in residential housing builds.