Provide access to a common indoor room

Rationale: An accessible common indoor room with flexible seating, amenities, and activities encourages social engagement and creates a sense of home, contributing to improved mood, sleep quality, and cardiovascular function.

Requirements

Demonstrate compliance with the below:

Common Room (Full Credit):

To achieve full credit, demonstrate compliance with the following requirement:

1. Include a minimum of one common room within the project that supports passive and/or active social engagement.

2. Ensure the common room is open and accessible to all occupants and visitors a minimum of 12 hours a day, seven days a week.

3. Provide flexible seating and tables within the common room.

4. Provide access to a minimum of one of the following amenities within the common room:

• television
• playing cards, puzzles, and/or board game(s)
• arts and crafts supplies, knitting materials, and/or needlepoint materials
• magazines and/or books.

Compliance Documentation

Types of compliance documentation required:

• Annotated design drawings
• Annotated plan
• Annotated photographs