Category: Housing News

Older private renters in England are at risk of being left behind, says Independent Age, the charity supporting older people in financial hardship, and their new report report urges Government to learn from the rest of the world.

Care & Repair Cymru’s new report highlights the serious consequences of disrepair in Wales, and concludes that tackling wear and tear leads to better health and wellbeing outcomes.

The housing crisis is forcing older renters living on low incomes out of their homes and the communities they may have lived most of their lives in, into less familiar areas that are typically deprived, says Independent Age, the charity supporting those in financial hardship in later life. 

It’s only been 12 months since the launch of Retrofit Credits, a new initiative from AAA members HACT and its partners PNZ Carbon, but it has already been successful in winning the prestigious annual Ashden Award for Energy Innovation in the UK.

New analysis by ILC UK confirms significant numbers of older adults are stuck in homes larger than they need – with little to tempt them to move. 

A new report, from the Centre for Ageing Better and the Healthier Housing Partnership, details for the first time the decline in government funding for home improvement support over the past decade.

With the retirement housing sector continuing to struggle to find ways to meet the massive untapped potential of specialist housing, older consumers themselves will get their chance to put forward solutions at the forthcoming Laing & Buisson Retirement Housing Conference, being held in London on Wednesday 27 September.

One in five older people in the UK is trapped in their current home because of a shortage of suitable alternatives, new research commissioned by the Centre for Ageing Better reveals.