When to face the legal steps done for the legal process of doing the house valuation?
A service designed to work in a crisis situation will operate differently, and need to link to different services, to one which is designed to maintain existing independence. It has also assisted change in how support is provided, particularly in the growing role and use of support which is linked to the person. Although there is this diversity, the nature and role of housing-related support is often broadly similar across everyone it works with. It is important therefore that access to services is not limited only to the identified client groups.
There is a recognition that the same, or similar, support can valuably be provided for other vulnerable people, such as men fleeing domestic violence or women exiting prostitution. Any incentive framework would need to recognise where certain outcomes were not wholly within the responsibilities of the county authority, and we will also need to consider how districts are to be encouraged to positively contribute to Supporting People outcomes.
In setting outcomes which go beyond Supporting People, we will also need to consider how best to approach this in two-tier situations – i.e. where the Supporting People function sits with the county, which then needs to work with the districts as housing authority. We will do this in the context of the broader, ongoing work on local government performance, and we will be able to draw on work which providers have already done to measure and capture the impact of their services.
We will also be looking at how measures might be set, both nationally and locally, which better capture and encourage a more holistic approach to support which includes, but goes beyond, Supporting People. We intend to build on this and to encourage broader use of the LAA approach, which will support both this outcomes focus and the drive for integration with other local services. We have already started to do this through Local Area Agreements (LAAs), which allow authorities to identify and set outcomes locally. Learn more : Valuations NSW