Commissioning

This page relates to the commissioning of general housing or housing for the whole range of needs. There is information about commissioning of specialist housing on the Extra Care pages. There is information about housing and related support for particular groups in pages on Older People, Dementia, Physical Disability, Learning Disabilities, mental health and Homelessness.

The commissioning of housing provision needs to take place within frameworks that can guide decisions about needs, quality and outcomes.

The resources listed below are designed to provide such guidance.

Equity release: Deciding whether equity release is right for you

Whether looking to access income for home improvements, to make a major purchase or to help out with finances, this Age UK guide outlines equity release and suggests useful organisations that can be contacted for further advice to help consider all the options available.

The use of wealth in retirement

This report from the Institute of Fiscal Studies (IFS) reveals the scale at which older people are moving post-retirement and identifies where their money for retirement lies.

Demographic change and housing wealth

This resource supplies a new NHF report exploring projected changes in the population, including the rise in those of pension age and above, and the impact of this on housing wealth. A supporting blog accompanies the report.

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS)

This briefing by the House of Commons Library gives an overview of the HHSRS and looks at some of the reviews and reports into its operation. The paper also looks briefly at wider housing conditions...

UK Equity Release Market Monitor Full Year Review 2015

Key Retirement's Market Monitor provides a quarterly, half yearly and annual review of the equity release market in the UK. This Full Year 2015 report shows that: The 2015 equity release market hit...

Can our homes pay for the care we need in older age? Asset wealth and an ageing population

There is growing acceptance that people will need to make better use of their property wealth to adapt and manage care needs as they age. It is estimated that retired people have an estimated £1.4 trillion...

The UK Equity Bank: Towards income security in old age

This report by ILC-UK explains that people will increasingly need to consider how best to use all their available assets to provide a secure income in retirement. It outlines that unlocking a significant...

Commissioning for Outcomes and Co-production

This report by NEF looks at commissioning for outcomes in the context of social value, well-being and co-production. It includes practical resources to help commissioners put these ideas into practice...

A changing housing market for providers

Packed with highly informative data and analysis, this Housing LIN Viewpoint no 56 shows that the market for housing providers is going through a traumatic time. It argues that major changes are needed...

Briefing: Reforming Social Security

This briefing from the ADASS Housing Policy Network by Sitra and NHF, supported by the Housing LIN, is written at a time when changes to welfare benefits are beginning to make an impact overall on the...

On the Pulse: How housing is critical to better health and social care for older people

This report from the National Housing Federation, supported by the Housing LIN, highlights the critical role which housing providers play in improving health and social care outcomes for older people....

Older people's housing: choice, quality of life and under-occupation

Published by the JRF, these findings from a study by the New Policy Institute which looked where the 7.3 million older households live in England, patterns of under-occupation, and the housing choices...

Market Assessments of Housing Options for Older People

This comprehensive report by the New Policy Institute for Shelter and the JRF examines 3 key areas that influence housing options for older people. These are choice, availability and affordability; quality...

Boundaries of roles and responsibilities in housing with care schemes

This viewpoint, published by Joseph Rowntree Foundation, explains that there is no single model of housing with care. Schemes vary enormously in size and scale, location, services and cost; they are...

Affordable Housing Survey

A survey published by the Homes and Communities Agency to establish an understanding of the quality of affordable housing schemes delivered prior to the introduction of Building for Life in 2007 to enable...

The Code for Sustainable Homes - Case Studies

Published by Communities and Local Governments (CLG) The Code for Sustainable Homes (the Code) was introduced in England in April 2007 as a voluntary national standard to improve the overall sustainability...

The impact of Choice Based Lettings on the access of vulnerable adults to social housing

This Housing LIN Report is the outcome of a brief study undertaken in the course of 2008. The study was intended to be broader than those already completed that have focused on the experience of a particular...

The Cohousing Approach to 'Lifetime Neighbourhoods'

This Housing LIN Factsheet No 29 considers how local authorities can work with public and private sector partners to develop a cohousing approach towards the outcomes sought from the government's national...

The Future of the Code for Sustainable Homes

Housing LIN Briefing No17 - This briefing gives an overview of the 'The Future of the Code for Sustainable Homes: Making a Rating Mandatory', a consultation paper published by the Department for Communities...

Commissioning Framework for Health and Wellbeing

The Commissioning framework for health and well-being sets out the eight steps that health and social care should take in partnership to commission more effectively. The intention is to support commissioners...

HHSRS - Housing Health and Safety Rating System

The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) enables risks from hazards to health and safety in dwellings to be assessed and then removed or minimised. Published by Asset Skills this report describes...

Connecting Housing to the health & social care agenda - a person-centred approach

This Housing LIN Report uses case studies to suggest how involvement of housing and other neighbourhood services in meeting the needs of vulnerable people can improve the health and wellbeing of service...