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Housing Vulnerability Assessment Tool for People with Intellectual Disabilities

19 Jun 2024

The Housing Vulnerability Assessment Tool One of the objectives of this project is to provide resources to local agencies to effectively identify and respond to the homelessness and housing vulnerability experienced by marginalized people with intellectual disabilities. [...] The VAT-Canadian version makes two critical points; 1) VAT tools do not address systemic issues related to housing, such as the lack of affordable housing, and 2) Housing stability is more than affordability and the supports people need; it is equally about people wanting to live in safe neighbourhoods of their choice and close to the places and people in their chosen communities. [...] Designing the Assessment Process ▪ Decide who will conduct the assessment The person conducting the interview should be someone from the same community as the person being supported, and someone that is known and trusted in that community. [...] 6 THE HOUSING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL The primary purpose of this section is for the housing support worker to attain a fulsome understanding of an individual’s vulnerability and experiences of homelessness and housing precarity. [...] In Canada, marginalized people with intellectual disabilities have had to interact with systems and practices that they have had limited access to, and that do not respond to their needs, therefore creating the conditions of their vulnerability to violence, poverty, poor health and homelessness.

Authors

Doris Rajan

Related Organizations

Employment and Social Development Canada
Pages
20
Published in
Canada

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