Rock ’n’ Roll Care Homes for Baby Boomers

Paul Burstow, a former care minister, said that homes need to be made “fit for the rock and roll generation”, who have been put off them by the experience of having their parents’ generation in them.  Mr Burstow will shortly announce a commission of experts to design a new model. The commission, which is headed by thinktank Demos and includes the heads of several major chains of homes, will examine ideas to redesign homes totally, from the buildings to what they do. They will also investigate the financial problems that homes are experiencing — which has driven up costs for middle-class residents who pay their own fees. Mr Burstow said the number of baby boomers, those born between the mid-1940s and mid-1960s, means that if they reject homes, the burden on the NHS would become unacceptable. Read more on the Daily Telegraph website.

Baby Boom to Fuel Housing Crisis

A surge in births in England between 2001 and 2011 will mean millions of people struggle to find housing when they reach adulthood in the 2020s, according to a new report.   The National Housing Federation says England is not building enough homes to house the children born in the first 10 years of this century.  ‘Young people are trapped,’ the report 'Housing Britain’s future: some home truths' states. ‘England’s housing crisis has stopped aspiration in its tracks.  ‘Not enough is being done to tackle our severe lack of affordable housing now but looming on the horizon is an even bigger challenge for the country. Five years from now, the noughties baby-boomer will be reaching adulthood, looking for a job, seeking independence and dreaming of living in their own home.’ Download a copy of the report from the NHF website.