National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016

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ForewordThe ‘National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011-2016’ sets out a frameworkfor the delivery of housing for people with disabilities through mainstream housing policy. Ithas been developed on a partnership basis with a National Advisory Group, chaired by theDepartment of the Environment, Community and Local Government and involving theDepartment of Health, the Health Service Executive (HSE), local authorities, organisationsrepresenting people with disabilities and other relevant stakeholders, including the NationalDisability Authority.Setting out a vision for the next five years, and underpinned by nine strategic aims and adetailed programme of action, the strategy will be supported, in the coming months, by thedevelopment of an implementation plan by a high level Implementation Planning Group.This Group will be chaired by the Department of the Environment, Community and LocalGovernment and will include, among others, senior representatives of the Department ofHealth, HSE and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER).The publication of this strategy contributes to delivery on a number of Programme forGovernment commitments, including the implementation of the National Disability Strategy,of which housing is a key element; the commitment to promote and support universaldesign, particularly to ensure accessible housing; the closure of unsuitable psychiatricinstitutions by moving patients to more appropriate community-based facilities; and thedevelopment of specific strategies for elderly patients and those with intellectual disabilitieswho remain under the care of mental health services. The strategy also supports theProgramme for Government commitment to promote and support universal design wherebyall environments can be used to the greatest extent possible by all people, regardless ofage, ability or disability.This new publication seeks to mainstream access to independent living for adults living withphysical, mental, sensory and intellectual disabilities and will direct the efforts of housingauthorities and the HSE to support people with a disability to live independently in their ownhomes, with accommodation designed and/or adapted as fit-for-purpose, rather than havingto move into residential care settings. It will redirect the efforts of our Departments,4
agencies and publicly funded voluntary bodies away from managing institutionaliseddependency to ensuring mainstream assessment of individual housing needs, findingperson-centred community based housing solutions, and providing appropriate tenancy,health and social care supports to people with disabilities, from within the resourcescurrently available across the sector.The strategy commits to completion of the housing elements underpinning the long standingmental health policy ‘A Vision for Change’, in relation to the transition from institutionalsettings to independent living in community based settings, for people with mental healthdisabilities who have low and medium support needs.The strategy was also informed by the deliberations and recommendations of the WorkingGroup on Congregated Settings, established by the HSE in 2008 and which reported thissummer, and will complement the work currently being undertaken by the Department ofHealth and the HSE on the Value for Money and Policy Review of Disability Services which isexpected to be completed by the end of the year.This strategy forms an integral part of the recent Housing Policy Statement, which placedgreater emphasis on choice, equity across housing tenures and delivering quality outcomesfor the resources invested in mainstream housing solutions. The statement also set out theGovernment’s approach to regulation of the wider housing market, including the voluntaryand cooperative housing associations, maximising the delivery of social housing supportswithin the resources available, reform of the private rented sector and the delivery ofhousing supports for households with special needs.Appropriate and secure housing has been recognised as a key factor in assisting people,including those with disabilities, to manage and/or recover from a mental health disability.The proposals contained in the strategy will have a positive impact in supporting people withmental health disabilities to engage with employment opportunities. Similarly, theseproposals will also assist people with intellectual and or physical disabilities to avail ofemployment opportunities and integrate more fully into their communities, in line with theprinciples of mainstreaming and social inclusion under the National Disability Strategy.It is heartening to see the amount of cross-Departmental and inter-agency work – a wholeof-governmentapproach – which has resulted in this publication and which will be continuedthrough the work of the high level Implementation Planning Group. As part of the process,this Group will be responsible for identifying sustainable funding mechanisms to resource theimplementation of the strategy. Progress in the years ahead will be driven by the work of anImplementation Monitoring Committee which will be tasked with producing annual5
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Private Housing5.34 While many peop
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eviewed maximum rent limits to refl
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Database (NIDD) and the National Ph
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6.25 The Act provides powers for th
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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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8.4 In Ireland, the increasing dema
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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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9.20 The phased timescales for tran
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medical certificates. Their applica
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During regular visits support staff
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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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