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The Organisation
Housing Options is an independent advice and information service for people with learning disabilities. The aim is to assist people with learning disabilities achieve greater control over aspects of their life and to provide more housing and support choices - more options for individuals, parents, social services, care agencies. Housing Options exists to help people obtain the best option for their circumstances and this includes independent supported living and home ownership for people with learning disabilities. It does this by providing practical help, advice and information. It can be a gateway to accessing different types of social housing.
The Service
Housing Options is a national advice service and can provide advice on rented housing and home ownership options. It also offers a consultancy service to individuals, parents and any organisation involved in providing a service to people with learning disabilities.
Housing Options can help with things like:
- Registered and Unregistered Homes
- Shared Ownership and Homebuy
- Joint Ownership
- Outright Ownership
- Setting up a company
- Trusts
- Legal capacity
- Funding and mortgages
- Income Support, Housing Benefits, ILF, Direct Payments
- Renting in public and private sector
- Leases and tenancy agreements
- Support arrangements for independent living
- Property maintenance
- Using the family home, using equity
Workshops and Training
Housing Option's advisors offer workshops and training around issues that affect people with learning disability and their housing. We tailor workshops and training to the needs of participants and include the following topics:
- Housing and support options - aimed at professionals or people with learning disabilities and families
- Providing information to people with learning disabilities and families
- Supported living
- Working with families
- Planning for the future
- Welfare Benefits
- Changing residential care
- Tenancy and mental capacity
If you have training needs that you want to discuss call us on 0845 456 1497, or e-mail us at enquiries@housingoptions.org.uk. We'd love to hear from you.
View Our Current Training Program
What We Charge For Services
No charge is made for information by telephone, e-mail or advice by letter. All of our Factsheets and Quick Briefs are available on our website. Housing Options will make no charge for limited direct advice to a learning disabled individual dependent on benefits, or a relative in a similar position.
- Lead Advisors £650 a day and £380 a half day.
- For conferences, workshops, seminars and in-house training there is a charge of £380 for half a day and £650 for a whole days work.
- For personal consultation with one of our sessional advisors £500 a day or £310 a half day.
- The fee for an individual Housing
Options Plan
(PDF
| Size: 62 KB), to be completed by one of our Housing Advisors is £1150.
- Reasonable travel expenses of the Housing Advisor are additionally charged at 40p per mile by car or public transport actual cost.
How Is Housing Options Funded?
Housing Options is currently supported by a group of member organisations who provide funding and a network to help solve problems.
