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| A better future for supported housing | | Author(s) | Peter Molyneux |
| Journal title | Housing, Care and Support, vol 8, no 1, February 2005 |
| Pages | pp 17-20 |
| Source | Website: http://www.pavpub.com |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The National Housing Federation's initiative, In Business for Neighbourhoods, urges all housing associations to ensure that they focus on users, to diversify funding and manage costs, while working in partnerships with others to serve the whole population of a community or neighbourhood. General-needs housing providers cannot be "in business for neighbourhoods" without meeting the needs of frail older people, care leavers, people recently released from prison, or women fleeing domestic violence. Supported housing is the only part of the housing association sector with a clear and untainted focus on users, the only part with a rigorous focus on costs and efficiency, and the only part developed through partnership, owing everything to partnership. In their report, "In business to support people: the future of supported housing", Julia Unwin and Peter Molyneux argue that supported housing agencies must be allowed to find ways to grow as organisations and to cope with a highly unstable market, if they are to respond effectively to the challenges posed by increasing demand for citizenship and choice. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050714201 A |
| Classmark | KLA: TM2 |
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