Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council - Supported and sheltered housing

Supported and sheltered housing

The Sheltered Housing service offered by Dudley Council covers a range of accommodation. It also offers some useful services for both private and Council tenants, such as Home Call, Bogus Caller's Hotline, and the Carer's Emergency Card.

Sheltered Housing is a term used to describe self-contained flats or bungalows available to older people. Services offered are tailored to suit the needs of the individual. Promoting and securing independence for older people in a safe, easy to manage home of their own is the aim.

The Council has 11 specially-built schemes, but also offers other types of accommodation as well. Any tenant over 60 in Dudley can also request the support of a visiting member of staff to their home.

To take a look at the different schemes and types of accommodation available in Dudley, along with general background information, please click on Guide to Accommodation on the left.

To apply for accommodation, or for further information about the services offered by sheltered housing, do not hesitate to contact Dudley Borough Direct on 01384 818283 and speak to one of our trained operatives who will be happy to assist you. You can also now apply for sheltered housing here:

Request for sheltered housing

Supporting People

The Supporting People programme offers vulnerable people the opportunity to improve their quality of life by providing a stable environment which enables greater independence.

It will deliver high quality and strategically planned housing-related services which are cost effective and reliable, and complement existing care services. The planning and development of services in Dudley will be needs led as detailed in the latest Five Year Strategy for 2005 – 2010 which can be found on this website.

Supporting People is a working partnership of local government, the voluntary sector, service users, service providers and support agencies including the Probation Service West Midlands and Dudley's Primary Care Trust.