Bridport Housing Survey 2006 Ted Woodbury

The survey was carried out to see what types of housing people with learning disabilities who lived in Bridport wanted.

•Dorset County Council & West Dorset District council decided what questions they would ask people

• 97% of all people with learning disabilities who live in the Bridport Area responded to the survey.

• The survey did not include people who were not known to Adult Services.

• Most of the surveys were carried out face to face with individuals both on their own and with their parents or carer.

• Only 2 people refused to be part of the survey.

The information collected will be used to help to make plans for better services

Housing •100% of people who responded to the survey were of White British origin

Housing • 45% currently live at home with parents or family members • 25% are currently living in their own home

Housing • 7.6% live in Housing Association homes • 6.8% live in warden assisted accommodation

Housing • 1.2% of people owned their own home • 20% of people are living in residential or nursing homes

Housing • 11.7% of people thought they would need ground floor accommodation to enable them to live independently • 16.5% of people would need assistive modifications to the property to enable them to live independently

Housing • People said they wanted more information on the types of housing that is available. The information they wanted is as follows: • Housing Complex/Group home 23.5% • Supported Accommodation • Warden Assisted • Shared Ownership • Renting from a private landlord 5.8% 3.5% 1.2% 0%

Housing • 2.3% of people are on the housing register • 7% disagreed with their parents views on where they should live

Money • 24.7% receive housing benefit • 20% receive Supporting People Grants • 76.4% receive income support • 89.4% receive Disability Living Allowance • 0% receive direct payments

Work • 23% of people are in voluntary work • 9.4% of people are in paid work • 55.2% of people attend the Bridport Social & Educational Centre

Care & Support • 54% would need some help with personal care • 89% would need support with housing related tasks such as paying bills.

• 15.2% have waking night staff • 42.3% thought that they would need sleep in staff if they lived independently

Care & Support • 62% said that they could understand an easy to read tenancy agreement • 57.6% of people would need the use of video and pictures to help understand their tenancy responsibilities • 61.1% of people had medical support needs • 22% of parent/carers have a health condition that affects their ability care

Actions • Distribute a Housing Options guide to everyone who asked for further information • Encourage people who want to move to go on the housing register • Lobby Housing associations to produce an easy read tenancy agreement & instructional tenancy video By Who?

LDPB Project Officer Community Learning Disability Teams Dorset Learning Disability Partnership Board

Thank you for watching All pictures courtesy of FreeFoto.com Google Images WIDGIT & through-the maze.org.uk

This version produced by Chris Watson, May 2006