Housing Our Ageing Population

With an ageing UK population, older people are now key players in the wider housing market. The suitability of the housing stock is of critical importance to the health and wellbeing of individuals and the capacity of public services to sustainably support healthy ageing over the long term, delivering both improved outcomes and huge efficiencies. There is enormous, exciting innovation underway across the country, as councils develop and implement strategies leading the local public service response – this report captures some of that inspirational work. The case studies in this report demonstrate how seven Councils across England, are playing a significant place-making role in shaping the current and future supply of housing for an ageing population in their areas.