Policy

The Finnish Homelessness Strategy: An International Review

The review covered the whole of the programme to reduce long-term homelessness implemented during 2008–2011 and 2012–2015, Paavo I and Paavo II. The review focused on the programme as a whole as well as its different aspects from the point of view of implementing the Housing First model in Finnish society.

Nicholas Pleace, Dennis Culhane, Riitta Granfelt, Marcus Knutagard

2015

Themes:

Older Women, Housing Affordability, Policy, Public Housing

Age-Friendly Community Initiatives: Conceptual Issues and Key Questions

US public policy and programs for older adults traditionally have focused on the delivery of benefits to targeted individuals.

Emily Greenfield, Mia Oberlink, Andrew Scharlach, Margaret Neal, Phillip Stafford

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Age-Friendly Cities, Community, Policy

The New Social Housing Concept in Czech Republic 2015-2025

In October 2015, the Czech Parliament approved the “Social Housing Concept of Czech Republic 2015 – 2025”. This Concept is a document identifying the most significant issues in social housing in Czech Republic and defining the measures that have to be implemented in the next 10 years to achieve the goals set in the field of social housing.

Housing Europe Observatory

2015

Themes:

Policy, Social Housing, Crisis Housing, Older Men, Older Women

Key characteristics of age-friendly cities and communities: a review.

The world is currently experiencing two demographic transitions: population ageing and urbanisation.

S. Steeles

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Age-Friendly Cities, Policy, Health

The situation of older people becoming homeless

A presentation outlining the problems England and Wales are currently facing in the area of an increasingly ageing homeless demographic.

Maureen Crane, Louise Joly

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Health, Housing insecurity, Policy, Private Rental, Rough Sleeping, Social Housing, Substance Abuse

Are housing associations ready for an ageing population?

The continuous growth in the number of older people in the UK will dramatically change how society will look and how it will function. This demographic shift is one of the main talking points of public debate and presents a considerable challenge for government and policymakers.

Martin Wheatley

2015

Themes:

Ageing Population, Social Housing, Age Specific Housing, Ageing-in-Place, Policy, Co-housing

Towards a deeper understanding of the social architecture of co-housing: evidence from the UK, USA and Australia

This paper draws attention to the micro-social practices that self-organising resident groups engage in over the years that it takes to build a co-housing community. This ‘social architecture’ is what distinguishes co-housing from superficially similar shared-space neighbourhoods.

Helen Jarvis

2015

Themes:

Co-housing, Community, Policy

Scandal of Europe's 11m empty homes

More than 11m homes lie empty across Europe – enough to house all of the continent's homeless twice over. Housing campaigners said the incredible number of homes lying empty while millions of poor people were crying out for shelter was a shocking waste. "It's incredible.

Rupert Neate

2014

Themes:

Future housing solutions, Policy

For Future Living: Innovative Approaches to Joining Up Housing and Health

In exploring housing and health for older people, our research examined the following questions: • What do older people expect from their housing and housing providers? • What choices does the UK housing market offer older and vulnerable people? • What can we learn from the international literature about housing for older people, and can so-called intentional community approaches offer innovative

Bill Davies

2014

Themes:

Ageing Population, Ageing-in-Place, Policy, Age Specific Housing, Future housing solutions, Health