News (Housing)

In this blog, research and evaluation officer Lauren Blood, talks about our recent research on homelessness and neurodiversity.

Talking to Siraaj and Jackie from Changing Our Lives about how their quality of life reviews contributed to the 200 Lives research project: Evaluating supported living and residential care for adults with learning disabilities

After many adventures, Bilbo moved from his independent life at Bag End to a retirement home. The House of Elrond in Rivendell provided him with a welcome and a safe space to age, write his memoirs and build his friendships before taking ship to the Undying Lands. It was his Last Homely House.

Family carers have told us about the varied ways they support a relative with a learning disability in different housing settings and shared their concerns about what would happen (and does happen to people) without this input.

Our recent Housing Round Table in Newcastle discussing people’s equal rights to live independently in communities brought together a great range of voices of those living in supported housing as well as those providing and regulating it.

NDTi Chief Executive, Paul Marshall, reflects on the similarities between his social housing experience and the challenges currently facing the housing and support market....

Independent living and housing options is one of the four PfA outcomes that support young people to move into adulthood with good lives; however it seems to be one of the more challenging ones to get right.

Two new reports have been published today by the National Development team for Inclusion (NDTi) to help address the problem of people with learning disabilities not getting equal access to housing or having their housing rights respected.