Funding

This page includes details of capital opportunities to generate new housing provision for people with a learning disability and autistic people.

You can also find more general information on funding specialist housing on our ‘funding matters’ pages.

Exempt Accommodation Third Report of Session 2022–23

This is a House of Commons Committee report, with recommendations to government. In short, the Committee describe the system of exempt accommodation - that is, accommodation exempt from locally set caps on housing benefit - as "a complete mess".

Exempt from Responsibility? Ending Social Injustice in Exempt Accommodation Research and Feasibility

This research project for Commonweal Housing aimed to systematise our thinking about the nature of the social injustices involved in the exempt sub-sector and the potential for solutions.

Establishing the financial case for KeyRing

A new Housing LIN report looking at the financial benefits for local authorities of using KeyRing

Risk, Safety and Wellbeing in Shared ‘Exempt’ Accommodation in Birmingham, England

This exploratory study for the Homes and Communities Research Group, in collaboration with Birmingham Safeguarding Adults Board (BSAB) and Spring Housing seeks to help better understand and improve the exempt accommodation sub-sector in Birmingham.

Making the funding system of supported housing work for all people with a learning disability: Specialised Supported Housing

This report commissioned by Mencap and written by the Housing LIN, provides a useful insight into Specialist Supported Housing by drawing on examples of good practice that can inform the debate around funding for supported housing into the future.

Housing and technology fund for people with learning disabilities

In September 2016, the Department of Health (DH) announced a Capital Fund for Housing and Technology for People with Learning Disabilities. The DH invited councils across England to bid for a portion...

Accessing shared ownership for people with disabilities in Wales: An overview of using the HOLD scheme

This Housing LIN Case Study no 121 reflects the lessons of using HOLD (Home Ownership for people with Long-term Disabilities) in Wales to part buy/part rent accommodation under a shared ownership scheme....

Developing cost effective housing options for people with learning disabilities across the East Midlands

This Good Practice Case Study describes a housing solutions programme led by the Department of Health East Midlands, sponsored by the East Midlands Joint Improvement Partnership and co-funded by the...

A Measure of Success: Evaluation of extra care housing for people with learning disabilities

This 2008 Housing LIN report highlights the lessons from 10 projects funded under the then Department of Health’s extra care housing fund to provide extra care housing specifically for people with a learning disability.