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Establish that the individual would like/need to leave their current home
Establish if the individual finds it difficult to live in their home for any of the following reasons:
Housing Affordability Issues
Wellbeing Factors
- Difficulty in looking after pets
- Difficulty in controlling behaviour of children
- Limited independent living skills e.g. shopping, cooking, cleaning, budgeting
- Coping with parenting
- Lack of support from family/friends
- Violence in household – Intra-family dispute
Social Factors
- Poor quality of neighbourhood
- Poor relationship with neighbours
- Harassment from others in the community
Lifestyle Factors
- Meeting household fuel costs
- Unemployment/Re-training/Going Back to Work
- Behaviour of visitors to property
Is the person leaving home for the first time or leaving care?