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| Supporting people: Age Concern's comments on the government's consultation paper on future funding for supported housing | | Corporate Author | Age Concern England - ACE |
| Publisher | Age Concern England, London, February 1999 |
| Pages | 14 pp (Briefings, ref: 0799) |
| Source | Age Concern England, Astral House, 1268 London Road, London SW16 4ER. |
| Keywords | Housing [elderly] ; Sheltered housing ; Housing benefit [Nov 82] ; Finance [care] ; Coordination ; Social policy ; Comments or Evidence submitted. |
| Annotation | The Government's consultation, "Supporting people", set out proposals for a new system for the funding of supported housing, including sheltered housing. Age Concern England (ACE) supports the general objectives of the proposals, including the commitment to providing a more coherent structure for decision making and the management of funding. ACE also welcomes the attempt to encourage joint working between housing and social services. Concerns expressed in this response include: the lack of detail on administration of the scheme in practice; insufficient attention given to the interface with community care duties and responsibilities; doubts concerning eligibility for housing benefit (HB) for ordinary sheltered housing and for resources allocated to home improvement agency funding. Concerns are also expressed about transitional arrangements. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990708208 P |
| Classmark | KE: KLA: JH8: QC: QAJ: TM2: 6PM * |
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