Health and wellbeing are often talked about in terms of diet, exercise and medical care. Those things matter. But there is more to it than that. Where we live, how safe we feel and whether we have the right support around us all play a significant part in our wellbeing. For adults with learning disabilities,...Continue Reading

At some point you have to stop dressing this up. The supported housing subsidy system is not simply complicated. It is shaping behaviour across the sector in ways most people privately recognise, but continue working around because the alternative is schemes not happening at all. That is where the sector now sits. Not clean. Not...Continue Reading

Cost effective, Charity Supported housing: There for our tenants NOT for profit! Understanding Charity Supported Housing in Practice If you spend enough time in this sector, you stop looking at housing as units and start seeing it for what it really is. A tenancy either holds or it doesn’t, and when it doesn’t, the consequences...Continue Reading

We keep talking about supported housing placement breakdown as if it is a surprise. It usually is not. We talk about placements breaking down as if it is bad luck. Most of the time, it is drift. Slow, avoidable drift. A placement can look fine on day one. The paperwork is in place, the property...Continue Reading

Supported Housing Value for Money: Stability Costs Less Than Crisis Value for money has become the defining language of public services in England. Everything mut be “cost-effective”. It sits under adult social care commissioning, housing decisions, and the quiet pressure that runs through meetings when everyone knows the numbers do not add up. I have...Continue Reading