Accommodation and Property Trust Services
Providing housing for a disabled family member to occupy in the future, is a common predicament faced when there are no other family members able or willing to take on a "parent" role.
The Hawkevale Trust supports parents and relatives in making arrangements for their disabled family member to stay in the family home or assists in securing a suitable house to live in once other members of the family are unable to care for them.
While the Trust cannot act in all ways as a "parent", it can act as the legal means by which a family's wishes about the home or the proceeds of its sale are carried out.
The Policy outlined below provides a balance between the desires of a disabled person's family and the activities the Trust can legally and responsibly promise to do.
- The Trust will accept property on the condition it is to be used for accommodating the disabled family member.
- The property must be given to the Trust as an absolute gift. The Trust will abide by any specific wishes the giver has made and the Trust has agreed to, as far as is practicable.
- The Trust currently does not accept property as a life interest only - in other words, it does not accept property if it is to return to someone else after the disabled family member dies, or ceases to be able to live in it.
- The Trust will provide a Personal Support Service to the disabled family member as part of the Property Trust Contract.
It is important to understand that the giving of Property to The Hawkevale Trust is not a guarantee of a full or even partial care service. What it does guarantee, is that the Trust will act on behalf of the disabled family member to carry out the wishes of the parent or family, by negotiating with other human service organisations to provide care and support as needed.
For more information
- Additional Accommodation Property Trust information (PDF, 75 KB)
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