Welcome To Our Website
Welcome to Housing Mental Health - Yorkshire And Humberside. An Online resource of information for mental health professionals, care workers and mental health service users. The website contains information on facts about mental health, frequently asked questions, mental health legislation, how to access good safe housing, types of housing available, how to access support, case studies and more...
The website is accompanied by a printable version of the content of this site which can be downloaded from our downloads section. The website has been commissioned in conjunction with LAF (Yorkshire) Ltd and the Yorkshire And Humber Improvement Partnership (YHIP).
We hope that you will find the site useful and informative!
The World Health Organisation defines health as "A state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of distress or infirmity"* As well as medical factors our mental health is often determined by a number of social factors. For example if we have meaningful jobs, a supportive family, good friendships, adequate money and we enjoy interesting social activities we tend to have good mental health. Often where we live lies at the heart of our existence. Good housing leads towards security, health, a feeling of well being and good relationships with our neighbours. In…
The government recently made an attempt to define what a ‘decent home’ should be. Internally they should be: Warm Weatherproof Equipped with modern facilities In a good state of repair Externally they should provide: Access to clean safe green spaces Opportunities for social contact Access to public services Good housing is often a major contributory factor in good mental health. Conversely bad housing can be a major cause of mental illness or one of the factors that slow down the recovery from a period of illness. Often poor housing or homelessness is linked in with other forms of…
