fic property a local authority may not be able to satisfy itself that the accommodation is "suitable" on every factor. For example, a property may not be in an ideal location, whilst “affordability” will be influenced by the location and by changes in the young person’s financial circumstances. 7.16. Leaving care services will need to put arrangements in place for checking suitability before a young person moves into a property. Services should establish good working relationships with local housing and environmental services so they can access advice and support with this task. In practice, the process should allow for decisions to be made at short notice, so that care leavers can obtain properties where, for example, there is competition for the accommodation. 7.17. Where checks of an accommodation’s suitability identifies the need for improvements to bring the property up to a standard of suitability, then it may be necessary to arrange for these to be made after the property has been obtained for the young person. For example, the authority might assist the young person to decorate or provide funding to improve its security. Likewise young people must be given thorough information about how they can get help if problems occur with their accommodation. 7.18. Because of the diverse needs of care leavers and the way in which these will change over time, a range of semi-independent and independent accommodation options for care leavers will be required. These might include: • Enabling young people to remain in the accommodation in which they lived whilst being looked after, e.g. by converting a foster placement to a post-18 arrangement or supported lodgings; • Supported lodgings, other than with former carers; 25 S.I. 2010/959 26 Children Act 1989: care planning, placem