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Specialised Supported Housing: guidance for local government and NHS commissioners

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This guidance, produced by the Housing LIN for the Local Government Association, supported by NHS England and NHS Improvement, is intended to assist commissioners to take evidence-based decisions about Specialised Supported Housing (SSH), particularly lease-based SSH, to help protect and promote the best interests of people with a learning disability and autistic people, and other people with support needs.

This guidance for commissioners covers:

  • how best to ensure that SSH, including the current lease-based model of SSH, works well for the people living in such supported housing
  • considerations about the sustainability of existing lease-based SSH schemes
  • considerations about entering into new lease-based and other SSH arrangements.

It has been produced by the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (Housing LIN) based on extensive discussions with a wide range of sector stakeholders and it is intended to assist commissioners to take informed decisions about SSH, particularly lease-based SSH, in the context of the Regulator of Social Housing’s regulatory judgements and notices about a relatively small number of registered providers operating this lease-based model of SSH.