1. Access
Maeve McGoldrick – Policy and Campaigns Manager
How can the PRS be a housing option for with high and complex needs?
The private rented sector – A home for all?
Wednesday, 02 November 2016
#ahomeforall
Sarah Walters – Inspiring Change Manchester
Claire Frew – Glasgow Homeless Network

2. Sarah Walters: ICM Development Manager

3. What is Inspiring Change Manchester?
Big Lottery’s Fulfilling Lives aims to change the way services are delivered for people with Multiple needs
Inspiring Change Manchester - 8 year programme
Supporting people with 3 or more needs
Testing out innovative approaches
Bringing about systems change
Accommodation problems
Offending
Problem alcohol or drug use
Mental health, emotional well-being issues

4. Our Programme Objectives
Sustainable outcomes for people with multiple and complex needs
‘Manchester residents with three or more complex needs have improved health, wellbeing, housing, employability and reduced re-offending and these outcomes are sustainable’.
People with lived experience at centre of design, delivery and governance of services
‘Manchester residents with multiple and complex needs have more opportunities for involvement in the services they need, and influence on decisions that affect them’
Introducing and promoting holistic and integrated approaches
‘Services share more information and better coordinate interventions for people with multiple and complex needs’
Bringing about systems change for people with multiple and complex needs
‘Commissioning of mainstream services respond to project learning, funding cost-effective evidence based interventions for people with multiple and complex needs’

5. Referral pathways – first 2 years

6. Housing Landscape in Manchester
Around 20,000 on waiting list for social housing
Increase in rough sleeping figures (Oct 2015 figures)
27% rent in private sector
50,000 students from population of 500k
DevoManc implications
Barriers for ICM clients – exclusion from social housing lists, no statutory duty, unaffordability of some PRS, no guarantor, admin fees, no decent tenancy history and ongoing multiple complex needs
Yet we have successfully housed clients in PRS

7. Housing First
Access to PRS Scheme
2 year pilot
Single people who are ICM clients
Run close to HF principles
Intensive long term support
Private and social housing
Shelter funded project
Singles and families with lower support needs
6 months support
Cash deposit (Credit Union links)
Pre tenancy work/mediation with landlord

8. Good matching between landlord and tenant
Some keys to success
Strong support offer
Good matching between landlord and tenant
Different products for different markets – Access to PRS and Housing First
Evidenced record of success
Relationship building
Use of Flexible Fund (cash bonds)
Landlords on board philosophically
Renting privately for those with MCN is not an academic question - happens already

9. Our learning:
Dedicated housing brokerage post
Frequent home visits
Peer mentors build relationship and work towards integration into community
Creative solutions to increasing access to accommodation
Quality of accommodation v availability

10. Any Questions. www. shelter. org. uk www. inspiringchangemanchester
Any Questions? Sarah Walters Development Manager