AgeWise King County
March 2019
Everyone Deserves a Home That Meets Their Needs
Everyone deserves the opportunity to find a home that meets their needs. That seems like a common-sense statement but, to people affected by many types of disabilities, that is simply not always the case in the real estate industry. This became obvious to two local Realtors® who were focused on helping this underserved segment of the population.
As a real estate broker with John L. Scott Real Estate, I become aware of this need as a new agent when a close friend with multiple sclerosis needed a home with basic accessibility features. It became painfully evident that there was no way to search for homes that met those needs on the industry’s listing databases.
In 2004, I founded a company, ABLE Environments, to better serve this segment of the population. It wasn’t until 2017, when I met Barry Long, a motivational speaker and like-minded broker for Sotheby’s Marketplace Real Estate, that things really started gaining traction.
Barry has been paraplegic for over 25 years. He wanted to champion more effective service for real estate clients with disabilities throughout [...]