Supported Housing

DGHP's Supporting People team deliver essential support to our more vulnerable tenants throughout Dumfries and Galloway, through sheltered housing and floating support.

The Sheltered Support Service is an accommodation-based service provided in 266 sheltered properties. We have 14 sheltered schemes in: Annan (5 schemes); Lockerbie (2 schemes); Gretna (2 schemes); Kirkcudbright (2 schemes); Castle Douglas (1 scheme); Locharbriggs (1 scheme) and Stranraer (1 scheme). 

DGHP sheltered staff make regular contact with residents to check on their wellbeing and make sure they are accessing all the services they need to assist them with independent living.  The aim of the service is to ensure our older residents can live independently for as long as possible and the sheltered properties are specifically allocated to people with a need for this type of support.   

The floating housing support service is available to our more vulnerable tenants living in other mainstream properties across Dumfries and Galloway.  Housing Support Workers assist them with practical tasks to help them sustain and manage their tenancies.  Without this essential support, many tenants would lose their tenancy and possibly face homelessness.

DGHP has a contract with the council’s Supporting People team to provide housing support services.  The council help fund DGHP’s housing support services.

DGHP is registered as a Housing Support Provider with Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS).  This is the new regulatory body that took over from the Care Commission in April 2011.  The SCSWIS carry out regular inspections of DGHP’s housing support services to ensure that good quality services are being provided in line with the National Care Standards.

A new and exciting supported housing project is also being developed by DGHP.  Building work continue in Troqueer to provide 10 self-contained supported properties for young people leaving care.  The development will be completed by early 2012.  This project, the first of its kind in Dumfries and Galloway, is only possible after DGHP successfully secured £1m from the Big Lottery Fund to fund the support element of the project.  The project will help prepare young people to live independently and maintain their own tenancies in the community in the long term.