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Is Columbus' housing market keeping pace with the need for accessible housing?

Rosemarie Rosetti and her husband, Mark Leder, built their universal design home more than two decades ago out of necessity after a tragedy.
Rosemarie Rosetti
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Universal Design Living Laboratory
Rosemarie Rosetti and her husband, Mark Leder, built their universal design home more than two decades ago out of necessity after a tragedy.

Making a home livable for a lifetime is not just a catchy phrase for Rosemarie Rosetti and her husband Mark Leder.

Their passion for universal design was borne out of tragedy and necessity more than two decades ago.

The custom home they built – not finding anything suitable on the Columbus market at the time--has served as a living laboratory, drawing thousands of people and attention from around the world.

And providing a road map for designing homes that adapt as owners age, face physical limitations, cognitive decline or other disabilities.

But is the market keeping pace with the need for accessible housing?

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