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Role of housing in helping people stay at home for longer
Mary Taylor Housing Policy and Practice Unit
University of StirlingSeptember 2009
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Issues and questions
What do we mean by ‘home’? What do we mean by ‘housing‘? Who is ‘housing’? What ‘housing‘ can contribute? How to get ‘housing’ involved
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What do we mean by ‘home’
Place we can be, in private What we regard as our place to live, somewhere to feel
safe and at peace A place where we want to be, ourselves A dwelling not an institution
Being at home is different and better – from being in ‘A Home’
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Home could be …
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New housing in Scotland since 1920
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At 2008 we had 2.4 million dwellings
We regularly add 1% p.a to the existing stock (27,000 in 2008), mostly by private building
New homes
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Owner occupied Rented privately Vacant private / second homes Housing Associations Local Authorities
Where do we live?
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What do we mean by ‘housing’ Different perceptions The thing – the house, a form of shelter The people in a department or service
– Usually the public sector The policy domain
– Focus on houses provided by councils The resources
– to achieve public policy goals
Perception depends on starting point, what we know already and our focus
Changing…
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Focus of housing policy today
1. Volume and use of resources for investment, – Who builds, who receives subsidy, how much– Management, costs, efficiency, value for money
2. Homelessness – Increasing supply to address shortages – Regulating access of those in need
• Vs choice
3. Quality of housing - public and private – increasingly on privately owned housing,
• more services to private owners, and regulation of private operations
– Not only social housing and social tenants
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Who is ‘housing’? Changing, complex and (maybe) confusing Used to be simple – all councils
– Typically focussed on housing management (letting, rents and repairs of council housing)
• Some wider services
Providers / landlords include – Councils
• 26 out of 32 councils still own and manage housing for rent– Housing associations / RSLs
• Some 200– different sizes, roles and area coverage
– Private landlords• Preferred in some areas over social housing • leasing arrangements in some areas for temporary housing
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Who is ‘housing’? Cont’d
All councils have strategic and enabling powers– lately reinforced via Housing etc (Scotland) Act 2006 – NB some duties
All operate differently depending on market, political will, structure & resources – Post-transfer councils no single dept or service called ‘housing’
and relevant services dispersed: • Environment, Technical, Community, Social Work, Planning, Revenues
– Authorities with housing to rent tend to remain focussed primarily on that role
• Though ‘Housing’ in Edinburgh covers really extensive range
Changing !
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Resources for housing New socially rented housing can be funded by public
resources – Primary rationale for regulation
Private funding element challenging in current climate – Obstacle and constraint, for how long?
Landlords have accounts ring-fenced for services to tenants – In principle
Wider council strategic services funded from General Fund – Never enough, even for duties,
• may get worse – Competition with others
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What housing can contribute 1. Professional knowledge - of issues around buildings, money
and people– Customer service
• View of users and power relations determined by managing contracts with tenants
– Attitudes changing ? • relations with customers
2. Access to resources– Subsidised investment for new housing – Funding of adaptations
– Easier when tenants • But Care and Repair works for everyone
– Revenue funds • Eg Supporting People
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How to get ‘housing’ involved
Find out who they are and what they do
Ask! – For input, advice, financial contributions
Ask! – Early
Ask! – Often – Establish and develop relationships – Set expectations