A sustainable approach to planning housing and social care: if not now, when?
The publication of Supporting People (Department of Social Security 1998) has given urgency to discussions around needs analysis, planning, user voice and the development of 'normal' housing for people with support needs. This paper explores a project, which aimed to design a collaborative model for identifying supported housing needs. We provide an overview of the research background, local imperatives and findings, and point to the probability of increasing conflict between the policy of developing 'sustainable communities' and the development of housing for people with support needs.
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School of Community, Health Sciences and Social Care, Faculty of Health Care and Social Work Studies, The University of Salford, Salford, UK. m.r.foord@salford.ac.uk
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D002958:City Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018672:Community Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D006291:Health Policy; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D011638:Public Housing; D012944:Social Support; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D006113:United Kingdom