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Open plan: building a strategic policy toward older owners
- Authors:
- LLOYD James, PARRY Will
- Publisher:
- Strategic Society Centre
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 44
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy discussion paper explores the findings of the Strategic Society Centre's research report ‘Older owners: research on the lives, aspirations and housing outcomes of older homeowners in the UK’ and examines what the research means for the development of policy around older homeowners. Issues discussed include, specialist housing and home adaptations; under-occupancy and housing supply; the use of housing wealth to fund retirement; and, housing wealth taxation and fairness. The report argues the government should increase the supply and take-up of specialist retirement housing, tackle the barriers and costs of moving home for older homeowners, tackle the 'affordability gap’ for older homeowners through partial/shared ownership and ‘Help to Buy’; and help older homeowners ‘downsize in place’. (Edited publisher abstract)