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Welfare reform bill: housing benefit: second reading debate
- Author:
- SHELTER
- Publisher:
- Shelter
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill, which replaces the current Housing Benefit (HB) regime for private rented sector tenants, enables the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA) to be rolled out nationally. Part 2 of the Welfare Reform Bill includes regulation-making powers to roll out the flat-rate LHA nationwide in the private rented sector, pilot the removal of council and housing association tenants’ right to simply ask to have payments made straight to their landlord, and to reduce and withdraw HB/LHA from claimants who refuse support following an eviction for antisocial behaviour. This briefing outlines Shelter's recommendations.
Funding for supported housing: Government response to two consultations
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises responses to two joint consultations on the design of the new funding models for the housing costs for supported accommodation and outline the full Government response. One consultation related to sheltered and extra care housing and the other related to short-term supported accommodation. The consultation proposals included an enhanced regulatory regime for sheltered and extra care housing (‘Sheltered Rent’), and a ring-fenced, local authority administered grant for short-term provision. The results include that the Government will not be pursuing the Sheltered Rent model for sheltered and extra care housing in the upcoming consultation on the Rent Standard Direction. In addition the Government will continue to maintain housing benefit for all supported housing, including short term supported housing. (Edited publisher abstract)
Summary of responses to consultation on future funding of supported and sheltered housing: report
- Author:
- NATIONAL HOUSING FEDERATION
- Publisher:
- National Housing Federation
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
Summarises responses to a consultation of National Housing Federation members on what would be needed in a secure and stable funding model for supported and sheltered housing. The consultation was carried out to support a Government review into how supported and sheltered housing is funded. It proposed three principles to underpin any approach to funding supported and sheltered housing. These were: no-one with support needs should become homeless or end up in unsuitable accommodation; that actual housing and support costs of delivering a quality service will be fully met; and evidence of the quality and value for money of the services being funded will be clear residents and the taxpayer. The consultation involved workshops attended by 400 people, 127 written consultation responses, and a number subject specific discussions. These focused on mental health and learning disabilities, older people, and homelessness. This report provides a broad outlines of the feedback received across four main themes: what is needed to secure the future of supported and sheltered housing; meeting housing costs and the role of the benefit system; localism and the role of local government; and ensuring quality and value for money. Respondents broadly agreed with the three principles. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reform threatens supported housing
- Author:
- HIRST Judy
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.4.98, 1998, pp.8-9.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Explains how threats to tighten up on Housing Benefit will hit the most vulnerable claimants.
Residential care: options for later life
- Author:
- BLAND Rosemary
- Publisher:
- Age Concern
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 94p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Practical text looking at the difficult decisions involved in deciding whether or not to move into residential care. Explores the kinds of support, services, income and finance available to enable an older person to remain at home if they wish, as well as how to go about choosing between supported housing or a residential or nursing home if that is preferred.
Occupational outcomes: from evidence to implementation
- Authors:
- SCHNEIDER Justine, HEYMAN Anna, TURTON Neil
- Publisher:
- University of Durham. Centre for Applied Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 67p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Durham
This report outlines the methods used, and the rationale that informed the collection and sifting of evidence. The authors discuss the theoretical context for the paper, and the policy considerations that underpin the exercise, paying particular attention to social exclusion of people with mental health problems. This is followed by a discussion of the problems in extrapolating research findings from one context to another. Models of occupational interventions are then described, and their similarities and differences explored, together with what we call ‘delivery modes’, to ensure that the terms used in the paper are clear. Appendix 4 is devoted to investigating the impact on work incentives of the current benefits system in the UK, as compared to the USA, where most evidence comes from. The authors then assemble the evidence on what works, what is promising, and where further evidence is needed in relation to several themes. First, Predictors of Occupational Outcomes, relates to all three models of intervention. Then, there is a section devoted to each of these in turn: Sheltered Employment; Supported Education and Training; and Supported Employment. A section on Costs Evaluations again spans the three main models, and a further section explores the potential contribution of learning disability research to the theme of this paper. Each section is followed by a list of conclusions drawn from it.
An overview of the supporting people programme
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(4), December 2000, pp.4-7.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looking at the boundary between residential care and the Supporting People programme, the review finds arbitrary divisions which undermine the programme's objectives, and argues for a redrawing of the boundary with a more coherent relationship between the government's commitments to foster independent living and to provide personal care. Summarises some of the main points from a recent Joseph Rowntree review of the Supporting People programme.