Housing help for vulnerable adult?

xylophone

http://www.home4u.org.uk/uploads/NHCommonAllocationBookletA5HR.pdf

Anything here?

Maybeachance

Thank you Xylophone for that link, will read it through as it could be useful

squinty

OP please can you confirm the status of your brothers tenancy, and if it is directly with the Council?

In most cases the tenancy will be a secure tenancy. If this is the case the Council has an obigation to find suitable alternative accommodation for him.

Others has suggested that you should try to find private accommodation. I take a different view. I know this is a generalisation, but the council as a landlord is likley to offer more support than a private landlord - and the terms of a secure tenancy give your brother more rights than anything in the private sector.

The other thing you need to be aware of is the possibility of a home loss payment. This is a statutory payment of £4,700 but this can only be made after a particular stage (from memory when the Council has recieved permission from the Secretary of State to dispose of the property). If your brother leaves early he will lose this entitlement.

Better_Days

Maybeachance wrote: »

I will call that HertsDirect number, thank you, I was nervous it may not be appropriate as I know he isn't disabled and needing assistance daily but I think I do really need some help!

I do hope you get this sorted out OP.
Does your brother claim DLA? It sounds from what you have said that he would not pass the 'cooking test'. Although your brother may not be physically disabled, it sounds as if he has other problems which affects his functioning, and his ability to carry out the tasks of daily living.

I would advise against you saying to the LA that your brother isn't disabled, it just that he has a disability that you can't immediately see. You are right to identify his as vulnerable and this along with 'at risk' are important key words to use in your discussions with the council.

zzzLazyDaisy

Better_Days wrote: »

I would advise against you saying to the LA that your brother isn't disabled, it just that he has a disability that you can't immediately see. You are right to identify his as vulnerable and this along with 'at risk' are important key words to use in your discussions with the council.

I agree - the criteria for 'disability' under the Equality Act is much broader than the more traditional understanding of 'disabled' (people in wheelchairs/with mobility problems). It sounds to me that your brother IS disabled in the Equality Act sense of the term, which is what matters in this situation.