Introduction to Housing and Learning Disability in Medway

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Introduction to Housing and Learning Disability
in Medway

• By
• Russell Drury, Medway Council Housing Department

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What type of housing do people in Medway live?

• Housing Needs Survey 2006

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Where do people with a learning disability, known
to adult social care, live in Medway?
2011
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How is housing organised in in Medway?

• Big Medway 2011-2014 housing plan (strategy) for
  everyone in Medway
• There is an easy read version
• You can get this on
• www.medway.gov.uk

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Big Medway Housing Target Affordable Housing

• Over the last few years, house prices gone up a
  lot across the country and many people are now
  not able to buy or rent housing without Council
  help.
• Affordable housing in Medway helps people (in
  the most need) to be able to afford to buy or
  rent housing in Medway.

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Challenge - Affordable Housing

• Each year Medway advertises about 700
  affordable housing properties
• But .. each year 15,000 people say they need to
  live in affordable housing in Medway
• This means Medway need to
• Build lots more affordable housing
• Understand who these need to be built for

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Understanding Learning Disability Housing Plans
in Medway

• Medway Council has just started working with the
  Institute of Public Care (IPC) to do a Medway
  Learning Disability Housing Needs Assessment
• Needs Assessments let people know what is
  needed about something and who needs it.

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Housing Work plan for the Partnership Board

• We would like to have a clear housing work plan
  for the Partnership Board.
• We would like to have the housing work plan
  around the 3 main areas people on the Partnership
  Board think are working and not working.

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Housing Small Group Exercise