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Adult Housing

LucyLandRover

Hello, 

I wonder if anyone else has experience in finding suitable housing for autistic adults? I live alone in a property on a busy road next to a pub so you can imagine what life is like for me given that I suffer with noise and coping with this is a struggle. I long for a more private and quiet place to live but finding this is hard as people struggle to understand my needs. I am fully aware that we have a housing crisis and am happy to have a roof over my head but long term, it is bad for my health and peace of mind. I would love a shipping container in the countryside but doubt this will be allowed. In short, I just wish to be safe and secure and to be allowed to be me. That is quiet and happy to be absorbed in a book or working on my 1976 Land Rover or watching Ice Pilots NWT with out being disturbed by screaming and shouting from the street. Could the NAS campaign on housing I wonder?

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  • not sure if you are private landlord or housing association but housing associations will nearly always allow a tenant to soundproof their home and its possible a private landlord would. If you cant afford the cost of soundproofing you might be able to get a community care grant from council. Not sure of exact criteria to get a grant but tenant must intend on staying in house for 5 years. I'm hopeful I can get a room soundproofed asap because I have some crazy meltdowns when things get too loud. As you say any roof over your head is a bonus these days BUT how much better things would be without any noise 

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  • not sure if you are private landlord or housing association but housing associations will nearly always allow a tenant to soundproof their home and its possible a private landlord would. If you cant afford the cost of soundproofing you might be able to get a community care grant from council. Not sure of exact criteria to get a grant but tenant must intend on staying in house for 5 years. I'm hopeful I can get a room soundproofed asap because I have some crazy meltdowns when things get too loud. As you say any roof over your head is a bonus these days BUT how much better things would be without any noise 

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