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Oldie, but Goodie
"Building Better Neighborhoods", is now on U-Tube. Thanks to the efforts of Ron Amundson and Chris Cholas of Hawaii.
The video lays out the basic rationale and shows a lot of Visitable houses. Part I includes the Atlanta Habitat for Humanity construction engineer explaining that Habitat Atlanta decided to build virtually every house Visitable. Part I is at
Part II includes an architect testifying in favor of visitability, and ends with a kind of sweet "Visitability" song interspersed with the credits and video clips. Part II is at
Though Concrete Change made the video back in 1994, it's still relevant as an advocacy tool today. (But hopefully will be only of historical interest within about ten years, when the continuing work of advocates across the country will have resulted in all new houses having basic access.)