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Facilitating adaptations, maintaining independence and improving the quality of local homes
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Good quality housing is crucial for the health and wellbeing of our residents.
Local Authorities have the power to introduce policies for improving housing quality. This includes assisting residents with adaptations, repairs and improvements within their homes. Assistance can be financial or information and advice services.
Cornwall Council is reviewing and combining its policies on adaptations and housing quality. This will introduce a single Housing Assistance Policy. This policy explains how Cornwall Council and its partners can help residents to repair, improve or adapt their home.
The Housing Assistance Policy can help reduce the health impacts of a poor home environment, maximise independence and help to prevent or delay the need for care and support:
By providing adaptations for disabled and older people, we can help them live safely and independently in their homes.
By assisting eligible residents to make improvements to their homes that will support good health. This includes removing hazards and improving energy efficiency.
We have prepared a draft version of a Housing Assistance Policy (see documents) for Cornwall. We are seeking your views. Also available is an easy read version that outlines what the Policy can offer.
You can provide your feedback by completing the survey below by 23:59 on Sunday the 10th of November 2024.
We will look at all the responses received and use your feedback to develop a final version of the Policy. We will add the consultation response reports to this page once the consultation has ended.
Thank you.
Good quality housing is crucial for the health and wellbeing of our residents.
Local Authorities have the power to introduce policies for improving housing quality. This includes assisting residents with adaptations, repairs and improvements within their homes. Assistance can be financial or information and advice services.
Cornwall Council is reviewing and combining its policies on adaptations and housing quality. This will introduce a single Housing Assistance Policy. This policy explains how Cornwall Council and its partners can help residents to repair, improve or adapt their home.
The Housing Assistance Policy can help reduce the health impacts of a poor home environment, maximise independence and help to prevent or delay the need for care and support:
By providing adaptations for disabled and older people, we can help them live safely and independently in their homes.
By assisting eligible residents to make improvements to their homes that will support good health. This includes removing hazards and improving energy efficiency.
We have prepared a draft version of a Housing Assistance Policy (see documents) for Cornwall. We are seeking your views. Also available is an easy read version that outlines what the Policy can offer.
You can provide your feedback by completing the survey below by 23:59 on Sunday the 10th of November 2024.
We will look at all the responses received and use your feedback to develop a final version of the Policy. We will add the consultation response reports to this page once the consultation has ended.
Please note the questions in this survey are intended to gather information on your experience with poor housing conditions, the impact of this on your health and wellbeing and what would have supported you with improving the condition of your home. You do not need to answer every question. Feel free to respond only to the questions that you consider most relevant to you.
A paper version of the survey response form is available in the documents section or upon request at housingassistance@cornwall.gov.uk , contacting Cornwall Council’s Contact Centre on 0300 1234 100 or writing to: Housing Assistance Policy, Cornwall Council, New County Hall, Treyew Road, Truro, TR1 3AY
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