Housing, Care and Support: Volume 11 Issue 3

Size zero service providers set to exceed expectations

Gary Lashko

Delivering affordable housing through the planning system: challenges and good practice

Gemma Burges, Sarah Monk

This paper presents the findings of recent research exploring how local authorities are delivering affordable housing through the planning system, focusing on their use of Section…

Housing design for better sight: solutions for living with sight loss

Anthony Slater

There is no ‘one size fits all’ approach to providing suitable accommodation for people with sight loss, but planning at the design stage could eradicate many of the basic…

Supporting survivors and securing access to housing for black minority ethnic and refugee women experiencing domestic violence in the UK

Baljit Banga, Aisha Gill

This paper argues that there is a need for a healthy independent specialist women's refuge sector to address the housing needs of black minority ethnic and refugee (BMER) women…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/13666282200800007. When citing the…

Bringing it all back home: mental health and housing

Robin Johnson

This article calls for better co‐operation and co‐ordination between mental health and housing support services, and greater recognition of the important role of social housing in…

Telecare, telehealth and assistive technologies: do we know what we're talking about?

Kevin Doughty, Andrew Monk, Carole Bayliss, Sian Brown, Lena Dewsbury, Barbara Dunk, Vance Gallagher, Kathy Grafham, Martin Jones, Charles Lowe, Lynne McAlister, Kevin McSorley, Pam Mills, Clare Skidmore, Aileen Stewart, Barbara Taylor, David Ward

The development of telecare services in the UK has been supported by grants from the respective governments of Scotland and Wales, and by the Department of Health in England. New…