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North Yorkshire County Council and City of York Council are carrying out a housing needs assessment to understand what housing needs local people have.
Understanding what is important to local people helps local authorities to plan for the future.
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Learning Disability England are supporting this work by bringing people together to be heard.
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We will be running a series of online and in person session talking about what helps housing work for people with learning disabilities and autistic people and current barriers across York and North Yorkshire.
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The sessions are open to everyone with an interest in housing for people with learning disabilities and autistic people in York and North Yorkshire; we particularly want to hear from disabled people and families.
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We are running a number of events for people to get involved in the assessment and share their views, you can sign up here
Autistic people only session (online): 13th December 5-7pm
Open session (online) :14th 10am-12noon
Family session (online): 16th January at 6pm
Open Session (in person in York): 18th January 9:30am-12 noon
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Please share the opportunity to take part with the people you know and support across York and North Yorkshire