Housing

• Adaptions to Property (Occupational Therapy)
  Your local Social Care Team and Housing Authorities (see Housing) will assess what improvements and adaptations you may need in order to live more independently in your own home. Grants are available to help with the adaptations. Help is also available to all private sector owner-occupiers and tenants.
• Care and Repair
  Care and Repair will help elderly or disabled homeowners with repairs and improvements. Staff will visit you in your own home to assess the type of work you require and discuss the various options open to you. If you decide to proceed with the work, the Care and Repair Staff will arrange for estimates from reliable contractors and supervise any work, no matter how small, from start to completion.
• Council Tax
  Under current council tax legislation disabled people can apply for a reduction in their Council Tax.
• Council Tenants Succession Rights
  The Housing Act 1985 sets out the circumstances in which succession of the tenancy can take place where the tenant has died. Provided there has not already been a succession it may be possible for a close family member to succeed to the tenancy providing they have lived in the property for a minimum of twelve months prior to the tenant’s death.
• Homes Mobility Scheme
  If you are a council tenant and need to move to another part of the country because of your job, or if you need to give or receive a high level of support from relatives, you may be eligible for help under the Homes Mobility Scheme.
• Housing Associations
  See Housing.
• Re-housing
  A person may enquire about re-housing to their local Council. If an applicant has medical problems, the Independent Medical Advisor will assess medical evidence. The applicant shall be notified of the outcome.
• Sheltered Accommodation
  Your local Council has Sheltered Schemes where people can live independently but enjoy the many extra services provided, including the support of a resident Scheme Manager.
• Sheltered Ground Floor Accommodation
  Your local Council owns ground floor flats and bungalows which are directly linked to the mobile control centre and are allocated to people who are elderly and/or disabled but who are still able to lead an independent life.
• Sheltered Housing Alarm System
  Alarm Systems for elderly and disabled people living in Council properties is a two way speech communication system which links them to the Control Centre which is staffed 24 hours a day 365 days a year. Clients can make a call to the Control Centre by pressing a pendant, which can be worn around the neck.