Meeting the housing needs of military veterans: exploring collaboration and governance

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Table 1. Case study areas.

Area	Nation	Service	Service presence	Housing market^6
				Private rented	Social housing
A	England	Army	Major presence	Very high cost	Housing Association (HA) only
B	Wales	No local base	Significant presence of ex-Service personnel	Relatively high cost	Council and HA
C	England	No local base	Significant presence of ex-Service personnel	Relatively affordable, but high demand for 1-beds	HA only (stock transfer)
D	Scotland	Army and RAF	Significant presence	Mixed – higher cost in city than rural areas	Council and HA in both authorities^7
E	England	Royal Navy/Royal Marines	Major presence	Intermediate cost	HA only (stock transfer)

Table 2. Organisational interviewees by type of organization.

Type of org	A	B	C	D	E	Total
Local authority	5	11	5	7	5	33
Armed Forces charity	2	2	4	3	2	13
Specialist ex-Service personnel housing provider	4	0	2	0	1	7
Mainstream homelessness TSO	4	0	0	0	5	9
Mainstream advice TSO	1	0	0	1	0	2
Other TSO	2	1	1	0	0	4
General needs HA	0	0	1	0	1	2
Total	18	14	13	11	14	70

Table 3. Characteristics of veteran interviewees.

Characteristic	Categories	Numbers of participants
Case study area	A	7
	B	4
	C	2
	D	4
	E	3
Service	Army	17
	RN/RM	2
	RAF	1
Age on joining Service	16–17	8
	18–20	7
	21–25	5
Length of service	<4	3
	4–6	2
	7–10	9
	11+	6
Discharge	Medical	9
	Voluntary (as of right)	5
	Retirement (end of full career)	4
	Compulsory (service no longer required)	2
Final rank	Commissioned officer	1
	Non-commissioned officer	7
	Private or equivalent	12
Disability	Physical disability – not service-related	2
	Physical disability – service-related	5
	Mental health problems – not service-related	5
	Mental health problems – service-related	3
	Not disabled	5

Table 4. Collaboration structures and initiatives.

Case study	Collaboration structures	Examples of collaborative initiatives
A	Liaison meetings between local authority, Armed Forces charities and local base	Support for development of dedicated housing provision and establishment of veterans’ housing pathway
B	Covenant Forum led by Armed Forces on a regional basis	Creation of one-stop shop for veterans with dedicated staff within Council
C	Strategic Group of key organisations led by local authority, plus periodic forum for all organisations	Support for one-stop shop run by Armed Forces charity. Creation of dedicated website for Service leavers
D	Covenant Forum led by local authority in each area, with broad attendance	Creation of dedicated post to improve strategic approach to veterans’ issues across two neighbouring authorities
E	Covenant Forum led by local authority, plus thematic working groups	Support for development of dedicated housing provision and third sector project facilitating veterans’ access to private sector housing

Figure 1. Conceptual model of UK veterans’ housing journeys.