Housing, Care and Support: Volume 8 Issue 2

Editorial

Lynn Watson

Designing services with residents: Residents leading the continuum of support services

Jamie Lazar

Bournemouth Churches Housing Association has developed a continuum of accommodation and support services through consultation with residents and local authorities. This is a…

Promoting shared ownership housing options for people with long‐term mental health problems

Hilary Caldicott

Housing options for people with severe mental health problems are limited, and often restricted to types of property and areas which most of us would not choose to live in…

The Shelter Inclusion Project: Piloting a new approach to addressing anti‐social behaviour

Anwen Jones, Nicholas Pleace, Deborah Quilgars

Anti‐social behaviour remains high on local and national policy agendas, and is a major area of concern for policy makers, local authorities, housing providers and communities…

Review of supported housing in South West England

Mark Bannan, Lynn Watson

A partnership of agencies in South West England commissioned a review of supported housing, with the primary aim of linking supported housing (and the Supporting People programme…

Maintaining tenancies: Gender differences among young people living independently

Jamie Harding

A change to the homelessness legislation means that more local authorities will need to secure accommodation for 16 and 17 year olds. Research conducted in Newcastle‐upon‐Tyne…

The influence of the family on the future housing preferences of seniors in Canada

Lori Weeks, Olive Branton, Thomy Nilsson

We addressed how family factors influenced the future housing preferences of seniors. A total of 100 adults ranging in age from 65 to 98 participated in face‐to‐face interviews…