Housing advice

Housing Advice

This video centres upon the experience of people with a learning disability as they move into their own homes and describe ways in which greater independence has improved their quality of life.

Comments from family and care workers are also included alongside thoughts from planners and policy teams.

FAQ Quick Briefs Useful reading Factsheets

Low cost home ownership schemes
The Home Information Pack
Buying, selling & renting a home
Social Housing
Getting involved in your community
Support & safety in your home
Keeping your home, evictions & homelessness
Home & housing options

Paying for a home
Homelessness
Repossession
Finding a place to live
Renting & leasehold
Eviction
Families & relationships

Independent advice on getting a mortgage of you are disabled.

Useful Reading

A selection of recent reports available to download.

QUICK BRIEFS

The Big Picture: Disability and Housing
A study on disability and housing. Produced by the Housing Corporation.

Care Home Standards
The Commission for Social Care's Care Home Standards

Domiciliary Care Standards
The Commission for Social Care's National Minimum Standards.

Housing Corporation - Charter for Housing Association Applicants and Tenants
A charter produced by the Housing Corporation.

Housing Associations and Managing Agents
Performance assessment framework for Housing Associations working with managing agents. Produced by the Housing Corporation.

National Housing Federation: Disability Guide
A booklet produced by the National Housing Federation.

Factsheets

Acting on Someone Else's Behalf

Adapting a Property

Adult Placement, Supported Lodgings and Short Breaks

Choices

Direct Payments

Discretionary Trusts and Tax

Discretionary Trusts for the Benefit of Relatives with a Learning Disability

Family Investment in Housing

Housing - the Rights and Capacity of a Person with a Learning Disability

Income Support to Meet Mortgage Interest Payments, the Cost of Large Repairs or Adaptations

Low-Cost Home Ownership for People with Long-Term Disabilites - HOLD

Mental Capacity Act

Mortgages

National Survey

Pathway to Homebuy and Home Ownership for People with Long-Term Disabilities

Receivership and Enduring Power of Attorney

Registration of Care Homes and Domiciliary Care

Renting Accommodation to Relatives: Can they Claim Housing Benefit?

Shared Ownership by a Charitable Organisation

Shared Ownership Explained Simply (Homebuy)

Shared Ownership, Homebuy and HOLD

Support Tenant

Tenancy Agreements

Valuing People - The Housing Agenda

What the Service is

Access to Local Authority Housing

Adult Services Green Paper Independence, Well Being and Choice

Advice and Information from Local Authorities

Carer's Allowance

The Care Standards Act (CSA)

"In Control", Individualised Budgets and Self-Directed Support

De-Registration of Care Homes Tribunal Decision on Alternative Futures 'vs' National Care Standards Commission

Direct Payments

Disability Discrimination Act 1995

The Disability Equality Duty and Housing

Discretionary Trusts

Earnings from Permitted Work

Enduring Power of Attorney

Fair Access to Care Services

Fairer Charging

Finding Legal Services

Getting Your Council Tax Reduced

Handing on a Tenancy

Homebuy and Shared Ownership

Homeshare

Houses In Multiple Occupation

Housing Association Management of Private Sector Properties

Housing Benefit

Housing Benefit and Higher Rent Levels

Housing Benefit Restrictions

Housing Benefits and Shared Ownership

Housing and Social Services - Joint Assessments

The Human Rights Act and Housing

Incapacity Benefit and Severe Disability Allowance

Income Support

Income Support Payments for Mortgage Costs

Independent Living Funds

Local Housing Allowance

Low-Cost Home Ownership and Private Sector Options

The Mental Capacity Act and Housing

Mobility Schemes for Social Housing Tenants (Moving to a New Council or Housing Association Home)

Non Rental Charges to Tenants

Options for Parents Using Their Property

Ordinary Residence

Pension Credit

Receivership

Repairs, Improvements and Adaptations

Social Services Duties to Provide Housing

A Strategy for the Supporting People Programme

Supported Housing and High Rents

Supported Living

Supporting People Grant

Tenancy and Capacity

Transition

When Does a Care Home Have to Become Registered?