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Inclusive Environments (L1M) Flashcards

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What is the key legislation relating to inclusive environments?

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The Equality Act 2010

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What are the protected characteristics listed in the Equality Act 2010?

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Nine characteristics protected by legislation:

  1. Age
  2. Disability
  3. Gender re-assignment
  4. Race
  5. Religion/belief
  6. Sex
  7. Sexual orientation
  8. Marriage & Civil Partnership
  9. Pregnancy & Maternity
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What are the two most important categories in discrimination cases?

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Injury to feelings and loss of earnings.

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What is the limit to the amount of compensation that can be awarded in discrimination cases?

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No limit!

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What is Part M of the Building Regulations 2010?

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Part M of the Building Regulations 2010 relates to ‘Access to and use of buildings, 2016’).

  • Sets a standard in the built environment for accessibility
  • Provides guidance on use of steps and ramps
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What is the Equality Act 2010?

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A law which covers everyone in Britain and protects them from discrimination, harassment and victimisation.

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When are you protected under the Equality Act?

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  1. Workplace
  2. Public services (i.e. healthcare or education)
  3. Places that offer service (supermarket, shops)
  4. Transport
  5. Clubs
  6. Contact with local government
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What are the different forms of discrimination?

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  • Direct Discrimination
  • Indirect Discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Victimisation
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What is direct discrimination?

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Directly treating someone worse

i.e. picking someone for a promotion and not choosing the elderly person because they are “forgetful”

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What is indirect discrimination?

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Indirectly treating someone worse

i.e. putting a policy in place which effects someone with a protected characteristic and not someone without

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What is harassment?

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Something which violates your dignity, creates a hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment.

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What is victimisation?

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You cannot be treated unfairly because you have a Protected Characteristic or you are protecting someone who does.

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What groups does the Equality Act 2010 not cover?

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  • Single, divorced or widowed people.

- Only those who are married or in a civil partnership.

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What do you need to assess/consider when looking at a building and it’s relation to inclusive environments?

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  • Different physical and mental health issues.
  • Factors which can lead to social isolation.
  • Policy and legal requirements i.e. planning policy and building regulations?
  • The value it can bring to building owners and occupiers.
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Can you give an example of a public service which is not all inclusive?

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The underground - only 71 out of the 270 stations are wheelchair accessible.

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Is cost an element to consider in relation to making an environment inclusive?

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  • Yes, reasonable test within the Equality Act 2010.

- If it is financially unviable to undertake the work, then it is not reasonable to.

17
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What impact can inclusive environments have on property values?

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  • Properties able to meet the needs of all are likely to be more valuable.
  • E.g. a workplace would prefer to occupy a building which allows all their workforce to use it.
  • Therefore, inclusive properties will likely see less voids, need lower incentives and achieve higher rents/values than those that don’t.
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Under the Equality Act, who is responsible for ensuring environments are inclusive?

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  • The managers/controllers of let buildings.

- Those managing the building cannot discriminate or harass occupiers.

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How does the Equality Act 2010 relate to property professionals?

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Lettings or sales cannot be undertaken in a way which discriminates, harasses or victimises a person.

20
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What options are available to a service provider under the Equality Act if an environment is not inclusive?

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  1. remove or alter feature

2. Provide reasonable means of avoiding it

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What does a “reasonable requirement” mean in relation to the Equality Act 2010?

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  • Effectiveness of the adjustment for the disabled person
  • The practicality of the adjustment
  • Its financial cost and likely disruption
  • Finical and other resources available to the service provider.
22
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Name a LPA that mentions inclusive environments in their Local Plan

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South Cambridgeshire District Council Local Plan (adopted Sep 2018):
- ‘In order to deliver a wide choice of high quality homes, widen opportunities for home ownership and create sustainable, inclusive and mixed communities, it is important that we plan for a mix of housing based on the needs of different groups in the community.’
- ‘Any development must take proper care to respond to its surroundings, and create sustainable, inclusive
and healthy environments’

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What does the NPPF say about inclusive environments?

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  • Development needs to be designed to be inclusive - for individual, public and private buildings.
  • Inclusive in that the buildings are their surrounding spaces can be accessed and used by everyone.
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Why is creating an inclusive environment important?

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Not only due to Legislation, but also due to improving and helping the lives of those who would otherwise suffer.

25
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What is an inclusive environment?

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One which is designed and managed to allow people with a diverse range of needs and abilities to access and use it.

26
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What is the difference between Part M4(2) and M4(3) of the building regulations?

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M4(2) = accessible and adaptable dwellings
M4(3) = Wheelchair user dwellings
(both are optional, whereas M4(1) visitable dwellings is a legal requirement for all new dwellings

27
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Does your Company have a D&I policy?

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28
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Why is diversity important? How would you ensure a diverse workforce in your company?

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29
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Why is it important to have a suitable housing mix in a development?

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