Long-term unemployed

- General availability of information - Percentage of population who feel well informed when making housing decisions (e.g. regarding financing options, improvement options, legal options) - Percentage of population who feel well informed of their rights as tenants, landowners and homeless people - Level of media exposure (e.g.

- Percentage of population with access to affordable local public transport covering work and domestic needs - Usage of public transport - Levels of reported satisfaction with public transport

- Percentage of people in high quality, secure affordable housing or rented accommodation - Availability of mixed housing tenure; o Home-ownership: homes owned outright and mortgaged o Renting: social rented housing and private rented housing - Number of affordable homes built - Level and affordability of local property values - Waiting lists for social housing - Availability of affordable home improvement services - Waiting lists for housing for people with specialist needs - Number of homes meeting the Decent Homes Standard

- Is receiving the housing benefits to which they are entitled and in a timely manner - Has access to housing benefits as a safety net if needed

- Has a choice of who to live with and where - Has appropriate and realistic choice of who to live with and where in relation to e.g. community, school, family, safety issues - Has appropriate and realistic choice regarding tenure

- Moves to more independent living circumstances - Expresses a desire to live in a stable and independent home

- Is able to maintain their tenancy without falling into default - Is not evicted for failure to pay rent - Has the necessary financial management skills to cope with rent payments and is not overburdened by debt (see also under the outcome area “Income and financial inclusion”)

- Feels safer and more secure in their home - Number of accidents in the home