Striving to remove barriers that prevent us from building Vibrant, Diverse, Inclusive, Accessible Communities!
This Brief But Spectacular segment features Micaela Connery reflecting on how a close family relationship led her to focus on homes and neighborhoods that welcome People with Disabilities as full neighbors, framing community as ordinary daily life shared in the same buildings, streets, and routines.
She describes The Kelsey’s approach: mixed-income, mixed-ability housing where universal design, inclusive property management, and resident leadership are planned from the start to remove barriers that keep People with Disabilities out of typical apartments and community spaces.
The segment identifies structural problems that block this vision—zoning that separates people, financing that silos disability services, and development practices that treat accessibility as an afterthought—and argues that aligning policy, capital, and design from the outset is required to remove barriers inside the broader housing market.
Connery calls for coalitions of people with and without disabilities working with city leaders, builders, and funders so access and affordability become standard; success is defined as neighbors sharing doors, transit, work, and culture because the built environment and policies remove barriers before anyone moves in.
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