Housing For Older People Should Be A Priority

There is an ‘acute’ lack of housing-with-care options for older people living in the UK, according to a recent report. This is housing that allows people to live independently in self-contained homes that are purpose-built and have the capacity to provide care. Housing and Care for Older People: Defining the Sector, by the British Property Federation (BPF) in partnership with Cushman & Wakefield, states that there are only 74,000 housing-with-care units in the UK, which accounts for just 0.9 per cent of older households. This is “significantly” lower than in the US, Australia and New Zealand. Read more on the Planning Portal.

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