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What's for sure is that housing associations go to lengths for their tenants' wellbeing that far exceed basic shelter needs: now they invest in educational and training opportunities for tenants and support community initiatives of all sorts, including social enterprise start-ups, to try to make a difference not only to people's physical environments, but to their life chances.
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It really struck me that the imbalance of power is much worse the lower down you get in the market, so if you are living really at the bottom end of the market, that's where you've got the most exploitative conditions, you've got landlords that really have absolutely no respect for the wellbeing of their tenants and it's all happening completely under the radar".
In an 18-month health pilot, conducted as a randomised control trial, health and wellbeing support workers gave 200 tenants with long-term health conditions intensive support, encouraging them to participate in activities and nudging them towards healthier lifestyles.
For some time now a question has rumbled around the social housing world: is the core business of social landlords providing and managing housing, or is it the wider task of increasing the wellbeing and life chances of tenants and local communities?
What is certain is that tele-health and tele-care technologies give us, as housing providers, the opportunity to offer our tenants a range of services to help ensure their long-term independence and wellbeing, regardless of future government policies or mandates.
Residents could save £500m a year just from paying bills and shopping online, and there are profound health and wellbeing benefits too, especially in terms of increased social contact and confidence among older tenants.
Take advantage of charitable grants: Derwentside has set up the Silvertalk scheme using National Lottery funding – the service trains volunteers, including older tenants, to support people experiencing loneliness and isolation through regular phone calls, signposting to other services, and checking on wellbeing at particular times of year.
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