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The Mayhew Review: future-proofing retirement living: easing the care and housing crises
- Author:
- MAYHEW Les
- Publisher:
- International Longevity Centre UK
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 69
- Place of publication:
- London
This report explores the fundamental changes that are needed in the way we provide care to older people and in their housing options. Currently, specialist retirement housing only accounts for 10% of all older households in the UK. Our analysis suggests considerable scope for the sector to expand rapidly and to be spread more evenly to deal with shortfalls in many areas. The report argues that with the number of over-65s set to race past 17 million by 2040, the Government should initiate an accelerated programme of constructing older people's housing with up to 50,000 new units a year, on top of the meagre 7,000 currently built annually. This means that one in four of new homes should be targeted at older people. Achieving this growth would help older people stay healthy for longer and reduce the burden on the NHS and care homes. Each new home would free up housing and surplus bedrooms for younger families and first-time buyers, making housing more affordable. And new developments could play a major part in revitalising declining high streets. The report highlights the concrete steps the Government needs to take to reach the levels of older people's housing required: launching the Older People's Housing Taskforce immediately; reforming planning rules to make it easier to build housing suitable for later life; putting older people's housing on a level playing field with all other developments; cutting Stamp Duty so it is the same for last-time buyers as first-time buyers; ramping up the financial advice available for older people looking to move. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making it work for us: a residents' inquiry into sheltered and retirement housing
- Author:
- AGE UK
- Publisher:
- Age UK
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report is designed to encourage wider policy engagement with older residents on the management and future delivery of sheltered and retirement housing in England. It sets out issues for providers, commissioners, policymakers and central government, from a resident’s perspective. It seeks to support the development of a coherent, balanced national strategy on retirement housing, where older people have real influence. The panel of residents, who reviewed the situation for England, concluded that we need greater investment in affordable, attractive housing options – integrated with housing support services and in the right locations. The panel believes that progress towards this goal is being impeded by a range of factors, identified during the inquiry and set out in this report.
Housing market and independence in old age: expanding the opportunities
- Authors:
- BALL Michael, et al
- Publisher:
- University of Reading. Henley Business School
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 45p.
- Place of publication:
- Reading
The findings of research on housing for older people who live in specialist private retirement accommodation, called owner occupied retirement housing, are outlined in this report. There are currently around 105,000 owner occupied retirement housing dwellings in the UK, generally specially designed blocks of apartments with communal facilities, house managers and other networks of support, and purchased on a leasehold basis. The report notes that people living in this type of accommodation express very high levels of satisfaction with the lifestyle, but that the amount of housing of this type is relatively small (comprising approximately 2% of the total number of homes for those aged 65 and over). It highlights the benefits of specialised private retirement accommodation and recommends a number of policy changes to help increase its supply and address the challenges of housing an ageing population. It discusses why this type of housing matters, why the supply of owner occupied retirement housing needs to increase and its benefits, how public policy factors have contributed to restraining the supply of owner occupied retirement housing and how public policy can help to increase the supply of such housing in the future.
Supply-side review of the UK specialist housing market and why it is failing older people
- Author:
- HARDING Andrew J.E.
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 21(2), 2018, pp.41-50.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to provide a supply-side review of policies and practices that impact on the shortage of supply in the contemporary specialist housing market for older people in the UK. Design/methodology/approach: The review is based on a review of academic literature, policy documents, reports and other sources. Findings: There is a critical conflict between the key social purpose of specialist housing (i.e. living independent of socially provided care) and the values that underpin and ultimately limit the quantity of units in both the social and private sector. In the social sector, government policies prohibit rather than encourage local authorities and housing associations from increasing specialist housing stock. The nature of leasehold tenures in the private sector tends to commodify not only housing stock but also those who use it and therefore acts to instrumentalise housing supply in favour of the profit motive and the focus on the person and her or his needs is largely ignored. Originality/value: While the shortage of specialist housing is well known, this paper is unique in that it provides a comprehensive and critical supply-side review of the factors that have created such conditions. (Publisher abstract)
Specialised grouped housing for older people: introductory briefing
- Author:
- THOMPSON Janice
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland Assembly. Research and Information Service
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 15
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This briefing paper provides an introduction to specialist grouped housing for older people, also called sheltered housing. It covers the following sub-categories: sheltered and retirement housing; very sheltered/assisted living; extra care housing; close care housing (independent living with on-site care and support, linked to a care home); and retirement villages. The briefing provides information on the policy around sheltered housing in Northern Ireland, including connections with the 'Transforming your Care' and 'Supporting people programme'. It also includes good practice examples of sheltered housing for older people from England. (Edited publisher abstract)