Matching up? A pilot study of effectiveness in letting adapted social housing

This report by the University of Stirling for Horizon, part of the Link group in central Scotland, sought to design and test a research method for evaluating the effectiveness of lettings procedures for adapted housing.  

Utilising a co-production approach involving housing providers and disabled researchers and applicants, it found that disabled people remained disempowered in the housing system and faced a shortage of fully accessible properties across tenures and a lack of choice in relation to location of their homes. And the limited evidence base on lettings practice indicated a need for an integrated approach, including service-user involvement, to meeting needs which considered the physical design of housing, use of space, geographical location, and links to public transport and amenities.