Housing Brokerage Pilot

Essex County Council

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Housing Brokerage

Why Housing Brokerage?

What we did

Where we are now

Evaluation

The Future

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Background

ECC & NDTi working in partnership on Housing & Inclusion Project

Housing Brokerage key element of inclusion project

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Housing Brokerage

Why Housing Brokerage?

Valuing People Now says that people with LD should have more choice about their Housing OptionsAnnual Target to decrease residential care services by 5%Mainstream housing needs to be more accessible and inclusive

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Housing BrokerageWhy Housing Brokerage?

Person centred and outcome focussed

Enables people with LD to access a range of Housing Options

Allows people with LD to choose where they live and who they live with

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Issues for ECC

Voids in LD Shared Housing

Properties unsuitable for LD

Nominations agreements and void indemnities

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Housing BrokerageWhat we did

Identified need

Commenced discussions with Dimensions UK

Secured £45k LDDF funding

Agreed area to be covered by pilot

NDTi to produce evaluation in partnership

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Referral Pathways

Inclusion Webs

Joint Referral Meetings

Housing Providers

Practitioner Referrals

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Housing BrokerageReferral Process

Pen Pictures

Local Authority Housing Register

MCA’s

Housing Needs Assessment

Strategic Commissioning gatekeep referrals

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Housing BrokerageWhere we are now

Housing Broker appointed

Dimensions employing organisation

Steering Group with T.O.R

Potential referrals indentified

Pilot launched

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Housing BrokerageNDTi Evaluation

Complete at 9 months

Tools to capture data

What happened against what we intended

Service User feedback/satisfaction

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The Future20-24 cases completed annuallyAccess to a range of housing options from both social and private sectorEffective use of existing housing reducing voids & void costsDeveloping partnerships with Housing ProvidersIncrease use of Assistive TechnologyInform future planning & strategy

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BenefitsDevelop & establish knowledge of what is possibleInform future planning to ensure that housing needs are metEducate and empower people with LD to realise their housing aspirationsGive people with LD choice and control about where they live and who they live with