Northamptonshire Community Housing Network

Housing Training Programme

20th September 2011

To help you have choice about how you live

The Aims of the Training Programme

We Want to help youtry things out

The programme is about….

Learning together by sharing and finding things out

Programme Timetable

• Part 1 – starts today & finishes on 29th Nov 2011

• Part 2 – starts in January 2012

How the Sessions work

How each session will work

1. We will go over what we learnt last time2. Some one will tell us about a new topic3. We will talk about the it together4. We will see what we need to find out5. We will agree some homework to do

Lets get started

Housing and the many ways of living

Renting Buying Supported Housing

SESSION 1 - Today

Session 1 - Will Cover…

• What is housing• Think about the many ways of living• Hear people’s stories of ways of living• Talk about what’s available here & now• Think about trying things out & creating new

options

What Does Housing mean to you?

We all need to live in a home where we…

FEEL HAPPYFEEL SAFE

FEEL WARM

Housing

We live in many sort of homes

We live in……

The Country

A Town or City

Housing

A home can help us feel Happy or Sad

The big questions for us about Housing

• How do I find a home when I’m ready?• What’s available & where?• What will it cost & who can help

The Many Ways of Living

How ways of living can you name?

Buying a Home

• Buy your home outright• Shared Ownership or Home buy• Buying a home with a mortgage

Renting a Home

• Privately from a Private Landlord• From a Council or Housing Association• From a Charity or Voluntary Organisation• Renting from Parents & Relatives - trusts

Renting a Home – shared

• On your own• With a friend• With a group of friends

Housing with Support or Care

1. Living Residential Care • Larger care homes• Small care homes• NHS Homes & Campuses

Housing with Support or Care

2. Supported Housing or Living

Housing with Support or Care

3. Sheltered Housing & Extra Care

– Sheltered– Very sheltered &– Extra care schemes

Housing with Support or Care

4. Adult Family Placement, like Shared lives services

Housing with Support or Care

5. HomeshareWhere people who have‘needs’ help each other, 1 person needs a home and the other has a home but needs support to live their.So they swop….

Community Living

Intentional Communities • People decide to live

together

• Can provide support, care and work, like Camphill

• Often every one is equal

Support & Care to your Home

When you live in the community,you may rent or own your home.Support or care can come to you.

This helps you live where you want

Support & Care to your Home1. Floating Support2. Support Tenants3. Live in Carers4. Community Support Networks – Keyring5. Community Volunteers 6. Good Neighbour schemes7. Domiciliary care8. Family support9. Cleaner, cook, gardener, meal delivery10. Assistive Technology

Living where you wish

How to make this Happen

People’s Housing Stories

What Housing Options Are Available Here & Now?

Creating our Own Answers together

How to try things out

Any Questions Any Thoughts

Thank you – see you next time

To join the Community Housing Network contact

Marion Turner on

01933 381467

or look at our website

www.myhomemysay.co.uk