A better fit? Creating housing choices for an ageing population

This report aims to: Set out the evidence about older people’s housing at present: where older people are living, their aspirations and their attitudes about housing, particularly their attitudes to downsizing. Explore the social and economic benefits associated with providing more housing for older people. Make the case for increasing the supply of housing for older people and recommend policy changes that can support this. In this report, we will be focusing specifically on potential home-movers, how to promote greater supply of housing for older people and how to facilitate home moves for those who choose to move. As there is a large body of existing work that focuses on the provision of accommodation for older people in the social sector, and given that the majority of older people are currently owner-occupiers, we will be focusing mainly on homeowners and the private housing market.