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Toolkit: housing for autistic adults and adults with a learning disability- SCIE
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Toolkit for place-based strategies for housing for autistic adults and adults with a learning disability
Published: April 2025 –
Updated: April 2026
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Tools to develop a housing strategy
This toolkit supports the creation of a housing strategy. It is designed to be flexible around the needs, context and existing strategies, policies and structures within a local area. It can be taken as a whole or different steps can be used to guide individual activities.
This toolkit is funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, and is designed to support local areas, strategically and methodically, in thinking about and creating their strategies for housing for autistic adults and adults with a learning disability.
Accompanying each step is an easy read resource to support co-production activities.
On this page
Introduction, vision and co-production
Steps 1-10
Business case template – PDF download
PDF versions
You can download the
entire toolkit
as a PDF. There are also PDFs or for each individual step. Download links are provided on each page.
Learning report (Published April 2026)
Strengthening supported housing strategy development: learning from the Housing Toolkit Pilot
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Introduction, vision and co-production
Introduction
Background and objectives
Vision
Partnerships and leadership
Co-production
'I' and 'we' statements
Steps one – ten
Step one
Understanding demand
Step two
Mapping provision
Step three
The local market
Step four
Identifying preferences
Step five
The commissioning landscape
Step six
Best practice
Step seven
Assess costs and benefits
Step eight
Reviewing with stakeholders
Step nine
Funding options
Step ten
Assess value of investment
At the end of the ten steps, you can now create your strategy.
Template for creating your strategy (PDF)
Download strategy template – PDF
Full toolkit – PDF download
Toolkit for place-based housing for autistic adults, and adults with a learning disability.
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