Support Costs

This section is about paying towards supported housing.

There are two types of support services:

Long term – home for life & sheltered
Short term – hostels, refuges & floating services

Short term services are free for up to 2 years.

If you get a long term service your finances will be looked at and an assessment will be done to see how much, if any you can afford to pay towards your service.

You do not have to pay for Supporting People services if:

If you get Housing Benefit
If you do not earn much money and do not having savings of £22,250
If you are getting housing support for less than 2 years

You may have to pay if you have:

If you have savings over £22,250
If you earn a lot of money

Links

Click here to download the Fairer Charging Process & Procedure
Click here to download the Subsidy Application Flow Chart
Click here to download the Subsidy Application Form