National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016

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6. To consider good practice in the design, coordination and delivery of housing andrelated supports.7. To facilitate people with a disability to access appropriate advice and information inrespect of their housing needs.8. To improve the collection and use of data/information regarding the nature andextent of the housing needs of people with a disability.9. To provide a framework to support the delivery, monitoring and review of agreedactions.___________________________________________________________________________STRATEGIC AIM 1To promote and mainstream equality of access for people with a disability to thefull range of housing options available suited to individual and household need___________________________________________________________________________The strategy sets out a framework for the delivery of housing for people with disabilitiesthrough mainstream housing options, within sustainable communities. In this regard, arange of measures will be implemented to ensure that all available housing tenures arepositioned to meet needs more effectively. In particular, newer delivery mechanisms suchas the Rental Accommodation Scheme and the Social Housing Leasing Initiative will beexamined to ensure that their potential is fully maximised. As a starting point, all peoplewith disabilities who have a likely housing need, including those currently living ininstitutions, will undergo an assessment of housing need. To support delivery, specificstrategies will be developed as part of Housing Services Plans which will set out proposals tomeet the needs of people with various disabilities, underpinned by the effectiveimplementation of the new allocations policy. As part of these strategies, housingauthorities will be encouraged to reserve certain proportions of housing units to meetspecific needs. The potential of the private rental sector in meeting the housing needs ofpeople with disabilities will be further developed. This will be facilitated through theimplementation of awareness raising mechanisms for landlords in relation to renting topeople with disabilities.8
___________________________________________________________________________STRATEGIC AIM 2To develop national protocols and frameworks for effective interagencycooperation, which will facilitate person-centred delivery of housing and relevantsupport services___________________________________________________________________________The effective implementation of the strategy will be underpinned by a robust interagencyframework. This will be supported by national protocols to improve and formalisecooperation between relevant agencies in delivering services to people with disabilities. Inrecognition of the importance of the health service in facilitating people with disabilities inaccessing and maintaining appropriate housing, the coordination of funding arrangementsfor both housing and health service related supports will be improved. A formalisedengagement regime will be undertaken by relevant Departments as part of the multi-annualestimates process. New local authority led Housing and Disability Steering Groups,established within each county/city council area, will facilitate the implementation of thestrategy at local level and will also provide an improved basis for planning and servicedelivery.___________________________________________________________________________STRATEGIC AIM 3To support people with a disability to live independently in their own homes andcommunities, where appropriate___________________________________________________________________________The promotion of independent living requires the implementation of a range of targetedactions, including supports to assist people with disabilities to remain at home or followingthe development of a disability or an age related mobility problem, the provision of equitableaccess to specific design options and mechanisms to support people with disabilities whowish to live independently 1 . Priority will continue to be given to ensuring the most effectiveoperation of the adaptation grant schemes for people with disabilities and older people.This will be complemented by the development of mechanisms to ensure that newerhousing supply mechanisms, such as RAS and leasing are better positioned to meetaccessibility needs. The potential for better collection of data in relation to accessiblehousing will be considered. With a view to increasing supply for people with disabilities,frameworks will be put in place to adapt vacant social housing units to meet specific design1Census data shows that a majority of people with disabilities live in owner occupied homes. Data from the NationalIntellectual Disability Database shows that the majority of adults with intellectual disabilities live in home settings.9
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Private Housing5.34 While many peop
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Database (NIDD) and the National Ph
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advocates (where appropriate) and d
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integral support to the housing fun
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Case Management Subgroup7.15 It is
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Chapter 8HousingPhysical Accessibil
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Current Legislative / Policy Contex
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Table 8.3 Disabled Persons / Essent
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persons with moderate disabilities,
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Table 8.4: Lifetime Homes Standard
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undertaking a review in 2010, to as
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Census did not provide details of c
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medical certificates. Their applica
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eing appropriately housed 84 . This
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message through a series of communi
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During regular visits support staff
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mainstream housing, the scheme prov
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Table 10.1: Main Residential Circum
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Case Study - Jimmy’s Story10.23 T
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advocacy role for all citizens over
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Appendix 2 Membership of MentalHeal
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(d)The housing needs of people with
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Appendix 1Information required for
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Appendix 8 Individual Assessmentof
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the housing authority will advise t
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