Demonstrating the Effectiveness of Housing Support Services for People with Mental Health Problems: A Review

Authors: Pleace, Nicholas; Wallace, Alison
Publisher: The Centre for Housing Policy, The University of York / National Housing Federation

Summary:
Housing Associations and other support providers deliver crucial services to help people improve their mental health, maximise independence, sustain their accommodation and participate in community life.  This includes meeting specific mental health needs through specialist accommodation and support. There is considerable opportunity to use housing support more effectively in care pathways, as well as providing alternatives to residential care, often in out of area placements. However, there is a need for a more robust and powerful evidence base of the effectiveness of housing support.

This new research, commissioned by NMHDU and delivered by the National Housing Federation and the University of York, reviews the effectiveness measures already available and in use and considers the development of an evaluation methodology that could become the benchmark for future research and evaluation.

Link to document: www.nmhdu.org.uk/news/demonstrating-the-effectiveness-of-housing-support-services-for-people-with-mental-health-problems-a-review/

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