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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. |
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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
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Workshops and Training |
Housing Option's consultants offer workshops and training
around issues that affect people with learning disability
and their housing.
Examples are:
- Housing options for individuals
- Information for Service Users
- Information for carers
- Working with families
- Planning for the future
- Welfare Benefits
If you have training needs that you want to discuss call
us on 0845 456 1497. We'd love to hear from you. |
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What We Charge For Services |
No charge is made for information by telephone, e-mail
or advice by letter. All of our factsheets are available
on our website. A single paper copy of a factsheet
may be requested from Housing Options free of charge. Other
copies may be requested at a charge of £3.00 per copy.
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
£480 a day or £275 a half day.
- The fee for an individual Housing
Options Plan, 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.
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How Is Housing Options Funded?
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Housing Options is currently supported by a group of organisations
who provide funding and a network to help solve problems.
The funding members are: Adepta,
Advance
Housing and Support Limited, The
Avenues Trust, Bath
and North East Somerset Social and Housing Services, Brandon
Trust,
The Camphill Village Trust, Choice
Support, The
Clothworkers' Foundation, Community
Lives Consortium, Cornwall
County Council, The
Department of Health, Devon
Learning Disability Partnership, Dimensions,
Durham
County Council, Elizabeth
Fitzroy Support, Gloucestershire
County Council, Golden
Lane Housing, Hampshire
Partnership NHS Trust, HBOS
Foundation, Heritage
Care, Hertfordshire
County Council, Home
Farm Trust, The
Housing and Support Partnership, Hull
City Council, Keyring,
The
Life Path Trust, MacIntrye
Housing, MCCH
Society Ltd, Mencap,
My
Safe Home, The
National Autistic Society, North
Somerset Council, Outreach
3 Way, Owl
Housing, Oxfordshire
County Council, Progress
Care, Real
Housing, Sense,
Somerset
Care, Southdown
Housing Association Ltd, Southern
Focus Trust, Stonham
Housing, Surrey
County Council, Thera
Trust, Turnstone
Support, United
Response,
West Sussex County Council, Westminster
City Council, Wiltshire
County Council |
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Housing Options Membership |
Housing Options Membership is for housing or support agencies,
voluntary organisations and local, health and social service
authorities.
Housing Options Advisory Service has a core of member organisations
who both support and benefit from the work of the service.
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Detailed Information on Membership. |
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