Accessible:
- constructing 70 fully accessible life-long homes in a city centre location that facilitates integration with the existing LGBT+ community.
- creating homes that accommodate a wide variety of access needs and are flexible and adaptable as personal circumstances change.
- embedding accessibility of space and facilities as a key feature of the design.
Build:
- providing a variety of housing that addresses the diverse range of needs in the LGBT+ communities, including self-contained units, shared accommodation, extra care facilities, and temporary crisis housing.
- creating high quality buildings that are ecologically sound as well as attractive and sustainable.
- creating a community centre on site to allow for interaction between residents and collaboration with the wider community.
Care:
- creating the provision of extra-care services to residents that require it, so they can remain in their own home regardless of their health.
- aspiring to provide high quality LGBT-friendly care to all who require it
- encouraging the development of social enterprises to operate all services of the scheme to ensure they remain tailored to the needs of residents
Diverse:
- developing a vibrant multigenerational community with mix of gender, sexuality, disability, ethnicity, class, religion, refugee status.
- prioritising an inclusive residential membership through adaptable points-based allocations criteria.
- creating communal spaces enabling LGBT+ people to live and socialise within a non-judgmental environment with policies that protect against discrimination in all its forms.
Engage:
- engaging the wider Leeds LGBT+ communities to ensure their interests are represented in the development and management of the scheme.
- enabling residents to participate actively in the creation of an inclusive and community-focused living environment
- developing a framework of mutual aid where residents are empowered to support one another’s care requirements
Finance:
- providing a variety of tenure options, including shared ownership, to recognise differing circumstances of both income and wealth of potential residents
- making homes affordable to fit the varied financial and access needs of the LGBT+ community including the provision of genuinely affordable low-income housing where possible
- acknowledging that the interpretation of ‘affordability’ may differ according to the different financial circumstances of potential residents.
