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Housing for older people

Contacts

• Elderley Accommodation Council
  The EAC is a national charity that aims to help older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs.
• Mears Home Improvement Ltd
  Serving local residents we are part of a national organisation covering every region of the UK. Our services are focused towards helping older people to continue to live independently in their own home.  We offer a range of help which includes, adaptations and alterations, personalised care in the home, assistance with applying for grant funding and practical help and advice if you are looking to move to a more suitable home.
• Sheltered Housing
  Brighton & Hove City Council manages 23 sheltered schemes across the city and aims to provide older people with a high quality of accommodation and support services, meeting a wide range of needs, thus enabling them to live independently and in comfort.

Information leaflets

• Adaptions to property - legal charges (174kb PDF file)
  A leaflet to explain the funding some people may receive to make adaptions to their property.
• Housing support
  Information leaflets about getting housing support.
• Brighton & Hove housing application form (451kb PDF file)
• Dealing with damp, mould & condensation in your home (52kb PDF file)
  This leaflet explains how condensation is formed and how households can keep it to a minimum to reduce the risk of mould.
• Finding help at home (114kb PDF file)
  This factsheet gives an overview of the kind of help that may be available to enable you to remain in your own home and live as comfortably as you can.
• Finding homecare accomodation (151kb PDF file)
  Factsheet for those aged 60+ who are thinking about living in a care home.
• Grants for saving energy in the home (113kb PDF file)
  This provides a checklist of the grants and discounts that people may be entitled to.
• Social housing user guide (1.17mb PDF file)
  Gives details about joint housing register bids for vacant social housing.
• Housing benefit and council tax benefit (115kb PDF file)
  Information leaflet covering the various benefits, to fuel charges and disability allowances.
• Housing options (116kb PDF file)
  This factsheet gives information about housing options for older people in a range of situations from facing homelessness to finding their present housing inadequate or difficult to manage.
• How to find a care home (233kb PDF file)
  Information on how to decide whether you need a care home, how to choose one and payment options.
• Raising income or capital from your home (99kb PDF file)
  This information leaflet is designed for people aged 60 and over and explains the things to consider when trying to raise income from your home.
• Self Assessment Medical Form (156kb PDF file)
  This form should be completed as part of a housing application if the applicant’s current accommodation is affecting their health or the health of a member of their household (consisting of family members due to move with in with the applicant).
• Sheltered housing (592kb PDF file)
  Information leaflet provided by Brighton and Hove City Council on their sheltered housing service.
• Tenants rights (137kb PDF file)
  An information leaflet aimed at people aged 60 and over, to explain their various legal rights.