Assisted Homebuy

Welcome to our Assisted Homebuy section of our Website.

This programme has been funded by Supported Housing Management Grant provided by the Welsh Assembly Government.

The aim of our project is

To develop access to the existing Welsh Assembly Homebuy scheme for people who require additional and ongoing support to manage their own responsibilities as Home Owners.
This is particularly relevant to people who have a learning disability who wish to own their home and require ongoing support.
In England a significant number of people who have a learning disability are now enjoying this opportunity using shared ownership arrangements which do not exist in Wales.
The existing Homebuy scheme does not make possible the funding of continued Housing Management through any rented element of tenure, this stops the development of home ownership as a viable and attractive method of tenure for this group of people.
We think Assisted Homebuy will offer these people much greater long-term security of tenure, as well as equal right to home home-ownership as enjoyed by any other member of our society.

By this time we will have:

Our project started in 2005 and will run to the end of 2008.

Agreed a model for Assisted Homebuy with the Welsh Assembly Government.
Helped three people to purchase their own home through this approach.
Produced an Assisted Homebuy practitioners pack and Homebuyers guide that has been made available to interested landlords, commissioners and service users groups.