The dedication and commitment to finding a better way to deliver housing for vulnerable adults, to hold ourselves directly accountable and to make our schemes personal led us to develop a unique financing mechanism. This involves using our own financial resources to fund each project, drawing no salaries from the business and running a very efficient company allowing us to provide sustainable and affordable accommodation which cannot be rivalled in the sector.
Andy oversees this element of the business. He spent over two decades working for the worlds largest investment bank in various roles, including head of the European funding operation, manager of European debt financing and manager of the global foreign exchange portfolio.
To date, our small company has developed over 250 single use specialist apartments across the UK where individuals with physical or learning disabilities can live safer, happier, and more independent lives. A home built around them. A home for life.
Specialised Supported Housing began with an idea. Find a new way to approach housing for vulnerable adults. A better way.
Back in 2011, news reached me of a public residential care scandal that resonated deeply with a personal experience that dominated much of my early life. Then, during my transition, I learnt that a coalition government housing plan needed the private sector to help supply supported living environments for people with learning and physical disabilities. It was clear that the world of supported housing needed to change. And, after two decades of work in financial services with a focus on property and infrastructure investment, I knew I had the personal commitment, skills, and experience to do something about it.
Having grown up with a brother with a learning disability, I was acutely aware of the difficulties of supporting someone with complex care requirements – the heartache and pressure families experience when parents are unable to continue without external help. I also had first-hand experience of the constraints of institutional care. Whilst residential care homes played a vital role in his life and offered help and support that we all desperately needed, they were clearly not the right environment for him. I knew I could offer something different. And so Specialised Supported Housing was born.