Table 1: A summary of types of day to day oversight functions needed to protect intellectually disabled / cognitively impaired tenants Rental Tenancy Agreement Value and fairness Tenancy Value and fairness Tenancy Who notices? Escalates to landlord, Systemic process proposed by landlord reviewed and assessed, Agreement reviewed and assessed Agreement and all options above, protections overview and negotiations done changes (eg by: breached (eg as required to resolve by: rent increase) maintenance (NB could be new or not carried ongoing tenancy) out as required) Who notices A model Agreement is Prospective tenant Tenant Tenant - Tenant Tenant N/A and actions available from CAV. in (One Agreement per mainstream? property leaves no room for confusion) Who has to In order of priority, with In order of priority, with Tenant’s main In order of priority, with - SIL provider – SIL provider – NDIA pay participant’s best participant’s best support and/or participant’s best should observe should know the Safeguarding attention interests uppermost: interests uppermost: whoever interests uppermost: problem first hand process and Registrar and/or take SIL provider – Family member/ signed the Tenancy Support and report to engage receives a action on should know the Nominee/Guardian, agreement on Coordinator from landlord and 2 Tenancy Support pattern of behalf of the conditions of the in consultation with tenant’s behalf NDIA below. Coordinator from complaints intellectually other tenants and Tenancy Support (eg Financial Family member/ Tenancy Support NDIA from disabled? ensures Coordinator from Administrator). Nominee/Guardian Coordinator from Family member/ participants compatibility with NDIA They alert the Advocate from NDIA Nominee/Guardian about a the SIL Agreement Advocate from NDIA Tenancy organisation Family member/ Advocate from landlord. Family member/ organisation Support SIL provider Nominee/Guardian organisation Registrar Nominee/Guardian SIL provider Coordinator. Advocate from alerts all Advocate from organisation Tenancy organisation Support Coordinators who are dealing with that landlord, to exercise extra vigilance in ensuring landlord meets obligations.
Table 1: A summary of types of day to day oversight functions needed to protect intellectually disabled / cognitively impaired tenants Rental process overview Tenancy Agreement proposed by landlord Value and fairness reviewed and assessed, and negotiations done by: (NB could be new or ongoing tenancy) Tenancy Agreement changes (eg rent increase) Value and fairness reviewed and assessed by: Tenancy Agreement breached (eg maintenance not carried out as required) Who notices? Escalates to landlord, and all options above, as required to resolve Systemic protections Who notices and actions in mainstream? A model Agreement is available from CAV. (One Agreement per property leaves no room for confusion) Prospective tenant Tenant Tenant - Tenant Tenant N/A Who has to pay attention and/or take action on behalf of the intellectually disabled? In order of priority, with participant’s best interests uppermost: SIL provider – should know the conditions of the other tenants and ensures compatibility with the SIL Agreement Family member/ Nominee/Guardian Advocate from organisation In order of priority, with participant’s best interests uppermost: Family member/ Nominee/Guardian, in consultation with Tenancy Support Coordinator from NDIA Advocate from organisation SIL provider Tenant’s main support and/or whoever signed the agreement on tenant’s behalf (eg Financial Administrator). They alert the NDIA Tenancy Support Coordinator. In order of priority, with participant’s best interests uppermost: Tenancy Support Coordinator from NDIA Family member/ Nominee/Guardian Advocate from organisation SIL provider - SIL provider – should observe problem first hand and report to landlord and 2 below. Tenancy Support Coordinator from NDIA Family member/ Nominee/Guardian Advocate from organisation SIL provider – should know the process and engage Tenancy Support Coordinator from NDIA Family member/ Nominee/Guardian Advocate from organisation NDIA Safeguarding Registrar receives a pattern of complaints from participants about a landlord. Registrar alerts all Tenancy Support Coordinators who are dealing with that landlord, to exercise extra vigilance in ensuring landlord meets obligations.
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