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Category: Housing

London needs a new policy narrative for older people

As the capital’s average age increases, there is a lack of focus in London government on how to address and benefit from it, writes Tim Whitaker of Wise Age and the London Age Friendly Forum.

April 3, 2026
Connecting LGBTQ+ communities through housing

Tonic Housing opened the first LGBTQ+ retirement community in the UK in 2021. Tony Watts OBE asks Bob Green, their Head of Operations, how housing can bring the generations together.

February 7, 2026
How can the retirement housing sector achieve its full potential? By adding life to our years.

If the specialist later life housing sector is to play its full part in housing our ageing society, argues Tony Watts OBE, more developers need to focus more on how we age healthily.

October 9, 2025
Opening new doors by sharing your home

For those who prefer to remain in their own homes but would welcome company and occasional assistance, sharing one’s home might provide a very workable solution. By Tony Watts OBE.

August 8, 2025
Does the housing sector really listen to the voice of older people? And why does it matter?

Tony Watts OBE lead a discussion recently at a Housing LIN’s South West Leadership Set awayday on how to magnify the voices of older people. This is a precis.

August 7, 2025
Meet Peggy: the AI concierge working for staff and residents in a later-living community

Vicky Carne, Founder of 3A-AI Ltd, on how a new voice-enabled AI chatbot can keep residents safe and independent.

August 4, 2025
How a BBC Documentary sparked a Sign Language Movement in a retirement village

What started as a six-week experiment has become a heart-warming legacy of transformation at ExtraCare Trust’s Hughenden Gardens Retirement Village in High Wycombe. By Charlotte Millions.

May 1, 2025
Extra care housing: can design help improve the health and wellbeing of older people?

Josie Dorling, an architect with Poynton Bradbury Architects, looks at how accommodation that is thoughtfully designed to promote social interaction among residents can help to combat loneliness and isolation.

April 14, 2025
Why are we waiting?

Procrastination isn’t just the thief of time. It can also be a thief of lives… as well as public money, writes Tony Watts OBE

March 20, 2025
Inclusive Design isn’t a luxury. It’s a lifeline

Nearly 50% of social housing households include someone with a long-term health condition. And yet home adaptations are still seen as an afterthought writes Laura Wood Director of Invisible Creations.

March 17, 2025

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