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The government has finally acted on supported housing. Next comes the hard part…

Specialised Supported Housing (SSH) carries more systemic risk than traditional house building. That means your early commercial decisions matter more, sometimes a lot more. Many of the difficulties new SSH developers face start right at the beginning. Schemes get undermined by assumptions that weren’t validated, questions that weren’t fully answered, or key parties that weren’t…

One of the great illusions of development is that progress brings reassurance. Drawings multiply, meetings fill diaries, and the project appears to gather momentum. In supported living, this is often precisely the point at which risk is being quietly compounded rather than reduced. Unlike mainstream housing, most of the danger in supported living is embedded…

We sometimes hear that Specialist Supported Housing (SSH) is unregulated, and that providers and developers can charge whatever they wish without oversight. It’s an easy headline, but it’s wrong. SSH is, in fact, one of the most closely scrutinised and tightly managed areas in the housing sector. What Specialist Supported Housing is and why it…

Balancing safety and independence For many years, the question of how best to care for adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) has divided opinion. Families and clinicians have often favoured specialist residential care, believing it offers the most reliable path to stability, safety, and good health. Public sector commissioners, with the understandable, and very real, pressure…

Creating the right living environment for anybody with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) can, literally, be life-changing. Evidence shows that calming home environments in which individuals with PWS are able to live a structured and proactive life lead to materially enhanced health outcomes and life expectancy. PWS is a complex genetic condition that affects appetite regulation, behaviour,…

“Technology must serve humanity not replace it”. These words ring truer than ever as AI extends its reach into more and more facets of our daily lives.

David Givens, partner at Haverstock, an architectural practice in London, talks to Rory Coonan, co-founder of Coral Living and a fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Who comes to mind when you hear the word ‘autism’? The answer is probably not women or girls…

If you think social care reform is expensive, consider the political cost of getting it wrong