Housing, Care and Support: Volume 2 Issue 4

Editorial: Machines, frameworks and structures

Knowing where you stand: A model support charter for supported housing organisations and residents

Research by the Welsh Federation of Housing Associations and Tenant Participation Advisory Service Cymru explored whether variations or additions were needed to current agreements…

Vulnerable tenants in general needs housing: How can mainstream services help people cope?

Large numbers of vulnerable tenants live in general needs housing. They may be people taking up new tenancies or existing tenants who become vulnerable for one reason or another…

Making sheltered housing more effective

In this Journal last year Melinda Phillips asked: ‘What is sheltered housing for, in the current environment?’ (Phillips, 1998 p25). In Effective Sheltered Housing, recently…

Overcoming disability discrimination: Disabled people, housing and social exclusion

‘The first requirement of disabled people in participating as equal citizens within the community is a home which is suited to them’ (Swain et al., 1993). Disabled people are…

The housing aspirations of homeless young people: Listening to homeless young people and using their ideas to improve services

What do homeless young people say they want? Too often services are established without finding out, and this can give rise to voids or management problems. Macedon, Nottingham's…

Supporting older carers of people with learning disabilities: Planning for the future

The Sharing Caring Project (SCP) in Sheffield supports carers between the age of 55 and 96 years who are known to be still caring at home for a person with learning disabilities…

Housing, care and support: Legal cases and decisions

Events Diary