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Housing our ageing population: panel for innovation: executive summary
- Author:
- HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Homes and Communities Agency
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This executive summary from the Housing our Ageing Population Panel for Innovation (HAPPI) outlines the tenets behind, and the processes involved in producing their final report, including a description of the case studies undertaken. With the number of over 60 year-olds projected to increase by 7 million over the next 25 years and much of the UK’s existing housing stock inaccessible or unsuitable, the lack of good quality homes for older people is a real concern. This report describes the panel’s findings in four chapters, the last of which offers detailed recommendations directed towards the government and key organisations. Four important issues are captured: the time has come for a national effort to build the homes that will meet our needs and aspirations as we all grow older; we should all plan ahead positively, creating demand for better choice through a greater range of housing opportunities; housing for older people should become an exemplar for mainstream housing, and meet higher design standards for space and quality; local Planning Authorities should play a key role to ensure delivery of desirable housing in great places, tuned to local need and demand.
Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation
- Authors:
- HOMES AND COMMUNITIES AGENCY, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Homes and Communities Agency
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 59p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Following the Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods national strategy report, the Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation was established in 2009 to examine what further reform is needed to ensure that new build specialised housing meets the needs and aspirations of the older people of the future. This report brings together the findings and recommendations of the panel, which focused on improving the quality of life of the ageing population by influencing the availability and choice of high-quality sustainable homes and neighbourhoods, challenging the perceptions of mainstream and specialised housing for older people, raising the aspirations of older people to demand higher quality more sustainable homes, and spreading awareness of the possibilities offered through innovative design of housing and neighbourhoods. It highlights key design recommendations, offers case studies from London, Bristol, York, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Sweden, proposes further work, links to parallel studies that emphasise the role of place making in enhancing quality of life, and forms the basis of advice to government ministers.