Jacky works for 'Access Social Care'- an organisation which provides free legal advice to people with social care needs, helping to achieve a better quality of life. In her work role, Jacky supports parents, carers and young people who are planning for adulthood to understand their options and to uphold their rights. Jacky is also parent and carer to a young man who is autistic, and has a learning disability. Jacky's own lived experience enables her to support other young people and those who care for them. In this video, Jacky talks about lack of understanding and information about housing options. 

I feel there's a huge gap in knowledge about um housing. OK. Um, and so the social workers don't know anything other than we advertise someone out and they get a house. And it's just like, well, no, you could, you know, someone was like, desperate, their, you know, their brother, you know, the person's uncle had a flat that they could rent to them, um, and get some support in, you know, and they're like, oh, but they're saying we've got to advertise them and go through brokerage and, you know, all of this sort of stuff

And it's like, it, you know, it's like, no, you can live in an ordinary house..

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