COVENTRY MESSAGE BOARD

Developers say the scheme is to give adults with disabilities the chance to have their own home



Work is underway on a £7m supported housing development for people living with disabilities in Coventry.

The scheme in Jardine Crescent, Tile Hill, will support local adults with learning and physical disabilities.

The Limbrick Place development will consist of three housing blocks that will support residents with varying needs.

According to developers the idea behind the scheme is to give adults with disabilities the chance to have their own home, with their own front door and personal space.

Between 25 and 30 members of staff will be employed across the project.

There will be a block of eight and a block of 16 apartments, as well as ten apartments supporting adults who require high levels of complex care.

A spokesman for the development said: “There will be a communal lounge for tenants but the whole ethos will be around supporting individuals to live as independently as possible and accessing the local community.”

A briefing paper about this type of scheme, commissioned by HB Villages, explained that supported housing developments provided an alternative to residential care.

The paper read: “Specialist Supported Living for disabled adults of a working age, creates real enhanced outcomes to the individual.

“When combined at the outset with assistive technology commissioned concurrently, their outcomes are greatly enhanced.”

Coventry’s local authority adult social care team commissioned the project in partnership with Inclusion Housing CIC, Lifeways Community Care and HB Villages.

Cllr Faye Abbott, cabinet member for adult services, said: “It is fantastic to see Coventry have a development of this type.

“This scheme goes a long way in providing a safe and comfortable environment for people with learning and physical disabilities, as well as more serious cases of complex care.”

1. The reasons officially given for applying for planning permission are seldom the genuine ones.
2. Where did the council suddenly find the money to employ "Between 25 and 30" full time adult carers when we are being told their budget for adult social care is being slashed by central government?