A paper examined the relationship between housing and mental health. It outlined a number of routes that mental health providers and housing associations might wish to explore together in order to improve quality and reduce costs.
Source: Housing and Mental Health, Mental Health Network (NHS Confederation)
Links: Briefing
Date: 2011-Dec
A report reviewed evidence on the social and financial outcomes of the Supporting People programme. 90 per cent of local councillors and housing officers surveyed for the study said that cuts in the programme would put vulnerable individuals at risk and create costs elsewhere in the system.
Source: Jonathan Carr-West and Lauren Lucas, Promoting Independence: The future of housing related support, Local Government Information Unit/Circle
Links: Report | Circle press release
Notes: The Supporting People programme provides housing-related support services to enable vulnerable people to live independently.
Date: 2011-Oct
A report examined the effectiveness of housing support services in helping people with mental health problems to improve their mental health, maximize independence, sustain their accommodation, and participate in community life.
Source: Nicholas Pleace with Alison Wallace, Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Housing Support Services for People with Mental Health Problems: A Review, Centre for Housing Policy (University of York)
Links: Report | NHF briefing
Date: 2011-Mar
A report examined the ways in which local councils and their health partners were addressing the challenges involved in the 'joint strategic needs assessment' of the housing and support needs of vulnerable adults.
Source: Jean Rollinson, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment: Vulnerable adults, housing and support – A collection of case studies, Local Government Improvement and Development
Links: Report
Date: 2011-Jan