{"id":25307,"date":"2023-03-14T11:11:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T11:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/care-and-health\/?page_id=25307"},"modified":"2025-07-14T16:03:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T15:03:28","slug":"housing-options","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing options"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68751c40d87d8\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-10 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Housing options<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Devon is a two-tier authority, with <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/devon-social-care\/what-services-are-devon-county-council-responsible-for\/\" rel=\"noopener\">eight district or city councils<\/a> that have local responsibility for housing. In addition, these councils support people and find solutions for those who are in danger of becoming homeless or need help with housing services. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/find-local-council\" rel=\"noopener\">Find your local district, city or borough council<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a number of housing options to allow people to live independently, with or without\u202fadditional support. <\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-68751c40d880b\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-68751c40d9211\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"show-for-sr text-center\">Links<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"content-cards content-border text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/renting-your-home\/\">Renting your home<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Your options if you want to rent a home, including renting from a private landlord and how to access social or affordable housing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/owning-your-own-home\/\">Owning your own home<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>There are a range of government schemes available to make buying a home more affordable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/shared-lives\/\">Shared Lives<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>About the work of Shared Lives South West and the service they offer to provide breaks  in the homes of their approved carers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/apply-for-housing\/\">Apply for housing<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Use the Devon Home Choice website to find available housing.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/sheltered-housing-and-housing-associations\/\">Sheltered housing and housing associations<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>A mix of charity, council and private company provision aiming to support those with low income. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/supported-living\/\">Supported living<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Supported living schemes provide care and support to enable people to live in their own homes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-7\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/extra-care-housing\/\">Extra care housing<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Extra care housing comprises self-contained homes on a shared development with on-site care and support.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-8\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/residential-homes\/\">Residential care homes<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Find out more about residential care homes and how to find one.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-9\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/nursing-homes\/\">Nursing homes<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Nursing homes provide similar services to residential homes but also specialise in providing care that requires the skills of a qualified nurse.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-10\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/support-at-home\/adapting-your-home\/\">Adapting your home<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Making small or big adjustments to your home can improve your independence &#8211; from handrails and ramps to toilet seats.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-11\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/independent-living\/housing-options\/homelessness-prevention\/\">Preventing homelessness<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><p>Are you at risk of becoming homeless? Find out more about what your local district or city council can do to help.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1801,"featured_media":0,"parent":25296,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-25307","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 01:36:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25307"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25307\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38603,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25307\/revisions\/38603"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/adult-social-care\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}