Thursday, 16 February 2017

Things The Government Needs To Consider About Supported Housing Funding

1)      The funding framework has to be adequately sized and resourced, so that people do not fall into arrears on the transition to the new system
2)      Funding needs to reflect the actual costs of supported housing
3)      The long term funding, distribution and protection of the top up fund will be critical to sustain existing schemes, and ensure new development
4)      A different model is needed for crisis and emergency schemes
5)      Local authorities will need support to develop strong and robust partnerships to ensure effective commissioning of future schemes
6)      Older people have been excluded from welfare changes and there is an argument that, until the full roll out of UC, they should continue to be so

Read more on the CIH website.

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