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Can't nominate or won't nominate?
— local authority nominations to housing association sheltered accommodation | | Author(s) | Adrian Jones |
| Corporate Author | Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham; Servite Houses; Anchor Housing Trust |
| Publisher | Anchor Trust, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, 1997 |
| Pages | 102 pp |
| Source | Anchor Trust, Fountain Court, Oxford Spires Business Park, Kidlington, Oxfordshire, OX5 1NZ. |
| Keywords | Sheltered housing ; Housing Associations ; Local Authority ; Usage [services] ; Social surveys ; Case studies. |
| Annotation | Local authority nominations represent a key access channel into housing association sheltered accommodation, which many local authorities seem not to be using. This research aimed to understand why take-up is so low, to identify ways of maximising nominations, and to examine the impact of unified waiting lists and common housing registers. The author reports on the local authority survey, the nominations process, how people obtain information on housing options available, problems with difficult to let properties and difficulties in nominating some people, and how such problems can be resolved. Case studies of examples of good practice are outlined for Hanover Housing Association and seven local authorities: Eastbourne, Langbaurgh (now Redcar and Cleveland), Camden, Haringey, Stoke-on-Trent, Warwick, and Wirral. Local authorities, housing associations, the Housing Corporation and the Department of the Environment need to work together, and ask older people about their particular housing needs. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970828001 B |
| Classmark | KLA: KKH: PE: QLD: 3F: 69P |
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