Housing for Varying Needs Review - Aberdeen City Council

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NeedsHousing for Varying Needs ReviewCONTENTSPageNumbers1 Introduction 2 – 42 Executive summary 5 – 63 Strategic context 7 – 84 Legislative and policy background 8 – 105 Audit of demand and current provision 10 - 146 Understanding our assets 14 - 167 Modernising our Services 16 – 188 Charging Policy and Funding Mechanisms 18 – 219 Guest Room Facilities at Sheltered and Very Sheltered 21 – 22Housing Developments10 Review of Scheme of Allocations 22 – 2311 Telecare 23 – 2412 Conclusions and Recommendations 2513 Appendix 1 – Stock Profile Sheets (Example) 26 – 3014 Appendix 2 – Terms of Reference2(a) Sheltered Housing Review Group2(b) Asset Management & Voids Sub Group2(c) Charging & Allocations Sub Group15 Appendix 3 – Definition of Amenity, Sheltered and VerySheltered housing (Scottish Government)31 – 3233 – 3435 – 363716 Appendix 4 – Summary of Legislative Framework 38 – 3017 Appendix 5 – List of ACC developments (age, type, 40 – 41number of units)17 Appendix 6 –Overview/Background information for 42 – 67ACC developments18 Appendix 7 - Customer Satisfaction Survey 68 – 9519 Appendix 8 – Scoring Matrix 96 – 9720 Appendix 9 – What Your Senior Carer Will Do For You 98 – 9921 Appendix 10 - Prescribed Housing Support Tasks 100 - 10122 Appendix 11 – Quad of Aims and attendees for102 – 103Charging Policy Workshop23 References 1041
Housing for Varying Needs Review1. Introduction1.1. In November 2009, the Council Housing and Environment Committeeagreed to undertake a review of its Housing for Varying Needs stock,which includes sheltered and very sheltered housing (the Review).There were a number of reasons for undertaking this review:• Demographic projections of a significant increase in the olderpopulation.• Local and national policies and priorities.• A need to ensure our stock is fit for the future and meets theneeds and aspirations of our tenants.• A need to review the housing support services provided in oursheltered and very sheltered housing to ensure they providevalue for money and can be sustained in the future.1.2. The Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Housing Needs and DemandAssessment, published in 2010, highlighted the demographic projectionsthat predict a marked increase in the number of older people coupledwith the projected a significant reduction in the working population inAberdeen City. This profile is even more marked in our neighbouringauthority, Aberdeenshire as can be seen in Table 1.Table 1: Population aged 50 years and abovePopulation aged 50+ 2008 2033 IncreaseAberdeen City 69,639 82,874 13,235% of total population 33% 35% 19%Aberdeenshire 89,600 128,505 38,905% of total population 33% 49% 30%Aberdeen city and159,239 211,379 52,140Aberdeenshire population% of total of Aberdeen City andAberdeenshire population35% 42% 33%Source: Aberdeen City and Shire HNDA, 20101.3. The Scottish Government has a longstanding policy of ‘shifting thebalance of care’. This means supporting people to remain at home foras long as possible, rather than in care homes or hospitals. This issupported by the introduction of the Reshaping Care for Older PeopleProgramme, which embraces the role that housing plays in people’shealth and wellbeing.1.4. The Council’s Business Plan, “The Next Five Years” introduced PriorityBased Budgeting (PBB). Included within this is a proposal to movetowards an arms-length organisation for the delivery of older peoplesservices through the mechanism of a Local Authority Trading Company(LATC). This will not impact on the direct service provision and fits with2
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