A184 Findings from a scoping study in to effective allocations of adapted social housing
1. EFFECTIVE ALLOCATION OF
ADAPTED SOCIAL HOUSING:
CO-PRODUCTION PILOT
STUDY
Professor Isobel Anderson
Dianne Theakstone
Christopher Baird
2. Introduction
Background to the scoping project
Aims and research method
Reflections on the co-production
approach
Key findings summary
What next?
3. Project Background
Discussions with Horizon Housing staff
and board, and University of Stirling
Identified issue of matching vacant
properties and applicants for disabled
house seekers
Scoping project agreed
test research method
scope out larger study
4. Scoping Study Aims
To assess barriers to the effectiveness
of matching wheelchair designed and
adapted social housing lettings to
households in need of such housing
To identify measures to overcome any
barriers in order to more efficiently
match people and properties.
Design and test method to address
these questions
5. The Co-production Approach
Horizon Housing, University of Stirling
Housing Research, Disability-
led/identifiying stakeholders
Project Researcher
Peer Review Panel
Peer Researcher
Stakeholder forum.
6. Research Method
Review of literature and evidence
Local authority level Case Study
Semi-structured interviews with staff
from local authority and housing
associations
Semi-structured interviews with
disabled housing applicants
Stakeholder forum to discuss issues
emerging
8. Flavour of Findings
Lack of previous research on allocation of
adapted social housing
Shortage of accessible housing supply
Co-production approach underpinned
effectiveness of research method
Lack of awareness of Homes2Fit model
Improvements to communication with
applicants
Information sharing among service providers
9. Reflections on The Co-
production Approach
Ensure adequate time for recruitment,
coordinating, support and training
Ensure resources, partnership sharing
costs or in kind
Support Peer Review Panel to engage
in feedback (more input from some)
Respecting preferences of disabled
participants (e.g. interview locations)
10. Next steps
Impairment/disability have not been a
focus of housing allocations research
Scoping project facilitated design of
larger scale study to better explore the
effective allocations of adapted social
housing
Co-production approach core to
achieving results