Who is responsible for creating a local supported housing strategy?
Housing departments of local authorities in England are responsible for creating a local supported housing strategy.
Adult social care and children’s services in England must help much as they can, depending on what the housing department needs.
What needs to be done to create a local supported housing strategy?
A review of the supported exempt accommodation in the local authority area of the housing department needs to be done and then a supported housing strategy needs to be created.
A supported housing strategy should include, for example, the housing department’s thoughts on how much supported exempt accommodation is available right now and what they think will be needed in the next five years. It should also include any other things the UK government might decide should be included.
When does a local supported housing strategy need to be created by?
The UK government will set a date for when local supported housing strategies need to be created. Local supported housing strategies will then need to be updated every five years, starting from the day it was last published.
Where does a local supported housing strategy cover?
Housing departments should think about their local supported housing strategy when they are doing their job,
Adult social care and children’s services need to keep the local supported housing strategy in mind when doing their work. In unitary authorities, adult social care and children services should consider local support supported housing strategy of its own housing department. In two tier counties, adult social care and children’s services should think about the local supported housing strategies of each authority housing department within its county.
With who can local authorities get help to create local supported housing strategies?
Housing departments can get help from providers of supported housing, such as housing associations, private landlords, voluntary organisations and others. People who live in supported housing can also help to create supported housing strategies.
Why do local supported house strategies need to be created?
Housing departments are soon to be responsible for overseeing and enforcing rules for supported exempt housing.
A local supported housing strategy can help make sure there is enough supported exempt housing.
A local supported housing strategy should link to:
- Advice issued by the UK government’s Supported Housing Advisory Panel.
- National supported housing standards.
- Licensing of supported housing.
- Planning and homelessness.
- Information about supported housing.
- Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.
How should local supported housing strategies be created?
The UK government intends to give some guidance on creating local supported housing strategies to local authorities.
Housing departments, adult social care, and children’s services should consider any guidance from the UK government that is relevant to them.
A local supported housing strategy could be created by:
- Speaking to people from housing departments, adult social care and children services that commission supported housing.
- Meeting with organisations that provide supported housing.
- Visiting supported housing in the local area.
- Consulting with people that live in supported housing.
- Thinking about the current local housing allocation scheme, homelessness strategy, tenancy strategy, housing strategy, and other local strategies.
- Examining data about supported housing.
- Looking at local supported housing strategies for other areas.
More information
Examples of local support supported housing strategies we’ve helped to create are available from us on request.
We’re always happy to have a chat about how we might be able to help create local supported housing strategies.
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