Housing Matters

Practical information & advice about available housing choices, including help to stay put, considering moving, moving home, moving in with family, moving to sheltered housing.

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Action on Sheltered Housing – Information & checklist for hospital & primary care staff

Outline information about sheltered housing, together with a checklist of key questions for hospital & primary care staff so that they can assess how well they understand & could work with sheltered housing

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Checklist for Sheltered & Retirement Housing Providers

Checklist, or tool, for sheltered housing providers to assess how well they work with health & social care services to meet the needs of residents. Useful for Best Value and Supporting People Reviews. A series of questions with tick boxes for answers.

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Sheltered Housing Has Changed – Nine key questions & answers

Describes sheltered housing, what it provides, the role of the scheme manager, eligibility, costs, benefits, & what to look for.

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Looking for Rented Housing

Information for those considering moving into rented accommodation. Discusses subjects such as applying for council and housing association housing, private renting, sheltered housing, extra care sheltered housing, and housing for disabled people.

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Buying Retirement Housing

Describes retirement housing, (also known as sheltered housing), explains some of the rights that purchasers have and highlights some things to consider when buying retirement housing.

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The Almshouse Association

Almshouses provide purpose-built dwellings at the centre of local communities. They are specially adapted for the comfort and welfare of elderly residents. Almshouse residents are able to remain in a village or locality of their choice, within easy rea

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Abbeyfield Society

Some of the services provided by Abbeyfield include: 1) Very sheltered housing in over 800 houses in the UK. Residents come and go as they please, receive visitors and enjoy two cooked meals a day. They are free from the worries of maintaining a hous

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