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

7. Peer Researcher
 Reflections from Mr. Christopher Baird
(the Peer Researcher) on the co-
production process.

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