This a link to a leaflet on the LB Richmond website about applying for social housing. I am including links to similar information on our neighbouring local authority websites.
If you would like to know more about CQC requirements for supported living providers this is the link you need. It is a 2015 document but there doesn’t appear to be anything more recent.
This document is a briefing written by www.housingsystems.co.uk about Exempt Accommodation and Housing Benefit. It is dated 2020 and I have been unable to find this version or an updated version on the website. It is an in depth look at what is exempt accommodation, type of landlord, who can claim UC, etc.
This is from a blog on the Renaissance Legal website by a family who were instrumental in setting up supported living for their young person with complex needs.
This is a document from RuTC with details of the service specification for supported living placements. It is not dated so I don’t know when it was published.
This is a list with some additional information about care and housing providers who work with the local authority in Richmond.
This is written by Sue from her personal experience of putting together a group of young people to live together in supported living.
This is a list of care agencies known to be working in Hounslow. Compiled by a Ruils Children’s Services colleague who works with families in Hounslow.
This is a list of care and housing providers who are currently known to the local authority and working in LB Hounslow. These are providers of supported living homes. There are many more care providers who work in the community but who do not provide supported living or residential care.
When a young person is eligible for Housing Benefit (HB) to pay their rent or for the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) under Universal Credit (UC) the total amount payable can include ‘eligible charges’ in addition to the actual rent.
Sue Robson visited the Camphill community in St Albans. These are her notes from that visit.
This is a checklist of things that should be checked prior to a tenant moving into a new property. It is written with a disabled person’s needs in mind. I can’t now recall where I got this list from – it was originally dated 2020 – and there have probably been updates.