Presentation by Alison Paterson, Access Housing, Supportive Landlords: A proposed model of service delivery. Presented at the Western Australian Mental Health Conference 2019.
2. Need for Differentiation
WA Housing Strategy
Continuous improvement
Demonstrate impact
Create funding / subsidy opportunities
DRIVERS
3. What is the problem and
whose problem is it?
• Individual
• Community / Tax Payer
• Housing Provider / Landlord
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7. • Tenant Engagement / when disengaged from
formal support
• Early identification of unmet need and
management of risk
• Efficient – flexible approach match service
provision to a person’s changing needs over
lifetime of a tenancy
• Can absorb more commercial risk than other
housing providers
Features specific to Supportive
Landlords:
8. Draft Report on Western
Australian Mental Health, Alcohol
and Other Drug Accommodation
and Support Strategy (2018-2025)
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THE
SUPPORTIVE LANDLOD MODEL ??
9. • Not all Landlord/Housing providers are the same.
• The decisions that a landlord makes determines if they stay housed
or homeless.
• Supportive landlords can act as a circuit breaker between someone
staying housed and/or being homeless.
• Supportive landlords provide a service that neither external support
providers or other kinds of landlords can provide.
• There is a cost to delivering a supportive landlord service.
• There is a cost to community of not doing this.
• Housing First models need to sit alongside Supportive Landlord
services to ensure people stay housed over the long term of their
accommodation and recovery journeys.
Key Take Home Messages: