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Mind the step: an estimation of housing need among wheelchair users in England
- Authors:
- JOSEPH Glen, et al
- Publisher:
- Habinteg Housing Association
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 60p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research report focuses on the need to provide homes that are fully wheelchair accessible. Using secondary data analysis and a review of existing literature the research provides: estimates of unmet housing need for wheelchair users; figures on the availability of wheelchair standard homes; a method for estimating unmet housing need and an indicative requirement for new wheelchair user homes at local authority level; the context of national policy and arrangements for regional and local strategic planning; identifies particular groups of people requiring wheelchair standard homes; and considers how local authorities and housing providers can make effective
use of existing wheelchair standard homes and increase the supply of accessible properties. The authors conclude with 9 recommendations, including continuing HCA funding at rate of 7,850 new wheelchair standard homes per year and setting up Local Authority Accessible Housing Registers.
Adapting for a lifetime: the key role of home improvement agencies in adaptations delivery
- Author:
- RAMSAY Malcolm
- Publisher:
- Foundations
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 44p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Glossop
In Autumn 2007, Foundations, the national body for home improvement agencies, was commissioned to carry out research examining the options for the future delivery of home improvement agency services. This document is one of the resulting reports, and it concerns the role of home improvement agencies in delivering major adaptations. This report examines the effect of recent changes to the Disabled Facilities Grant programme, drawing on research carried out within the home improvement agency sector. It looks at the challenges presented by the complexity of the process, the funding shortages and the lack of partnership working. It describes how home improvement agencies can help local authorities get the most out of DFG budgets and sets out examples of innovation and good practice in delivering major adaptations. It also spells out how adaptations can move from a provider-led to a client-led process. The report concludes by making recommendations for the future development of home improvement agencies in relation to delivering major adaptations.