Visitability Means:

- One zero step entrance on an accessible path of travel from the street, sidewalk or driveway

- Doorways that provide 32 inches clear space throughout the home's main floor and hallways that provide 36 inches of clear width

- Basic access to a half or (preferably) full bath on the main floor

Visitability Strengthens Communities

Two women, one with a flower-print skirt, the other a flower-print top, walk along a natural curving sidewalk away from a one-story bluish gray house with a red brick chimney. The path goes through a grassy lawn and connects to a passing sidewalk, which has a curb-ramp that leads to the street. Two women continue walking along a sidewalk away from a one-story house. The path goes through a grassy lawn and connects to a passing sidewalk, which has a curb-ramp that leads to the street. Two women slow to chat as they walk away from a one-story Visitable home. A zoomed in picture showing a details of a curb-ramp from a sidewalk to a street. The ramp has a yellow plate with dome-shaped bumps that act as a tactile warning to pedestrians. A fellow with shorts and a backpack strolls away from the house in the background. A zoomed in picture showing a detailed curb-ramp from a sidewalk to a street. In the background, a man continues walking away from a house. A woman's hand grips the lever-style handle on the greenish-brown front door of the home. A woman's hand pushes down on the lever-style door handle of a door. A sliding wooden barn-door style entrance leads to a bathroom from a bedroom with no threshold. The bedroom has light wood floors and a quilted bed, while the bathroom has a linoleum floor and towels hanging above a radiator on the floor.

When Visitability features merge seemlessly with the architecture of the surrounding community, it creates a flowing, inviting space for homes.

Community members can travel along their streets to visit neighbors without worrying about access barriers, and both hosts and guests alike can socialize without concern.

This home features a pathway that integrates well with the passing sidewalk, which itself is accessible thanks to a curb ramp.

Lever handles allow easy access to the home, which has a gorgeous, unique and accessible sliding barn-door bathroom entrance.

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