Specialist Mental Health Housing and Support Service

The development of two new specialist mental health supported housing schemes to be developed on two sites currently owned by City of York Council at Woolnough House, off Hull Road, and Crombie House in Danebury Drive in Acomb. Each scheme will have 24/7 onsite staffing and will contain 10 places, as well as providing support to another 6 satellite flats within a 1-2 mile radius of the scheme. There will be 32 specialist mental health supported housing places in total. The support provider will also support 21 Housing First places. Housing First is an internationally recognised and evidence-based model of housing and support for those with chronic housing, health and social care needs.