Retirement Housing Group
Publications
Sustainable Planning for Housing in an Ageing Population
25 February 2008
The ILC-UK has published a new guide in partnership with Communities and Local Government, the Care Services Improvement Partnership at the Department of Health and the Retirement Housing Group.
This guide is intended as a complementary resource to 'Lifetime homes, lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society', unveiled on February 26th 2008 by Secretary of State Hazel Blears MP.
The guide aims to assist regional strategy makers in understanding the relevance of housing and the built environment to health, social care and wider social and economic sustainability in the context of an ageing population. It will also be of interest to those who wish to lobby regional or local strategies to take better account of the impact of housing on older people's wellbeing.
In a joint foreword, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Baroness Andrews OBE and Baroness Greengross call for all those involved in regional and local strategies to 'understand and plan for demographic change and our ageing society.'
The guide comes in two formats, a pocket-sized A6 pamphlet and a larger, more accessible A4 online pdf. Both are available free of charge.
To order copies of the pamphlet please contact louisetasker@ilcuk.org.uk.
A free copy of the online A4 version can be downloaded by clicking on the link below
Download Leaflet (628Kb PDF)
(February 2008)
ILC-UK Report: Older People's Housing and Under-Occupancy
Briefing put together by the ILC-UK to explore the potential contradiction between Government policies to keep older people in their own home for as long as possible, and a widespread concern in housing and planning circles that older residents in large properties should be encouraged to 'release' family-sized homes.
The ILC-UK is also currently involved in chairing the Older People's Housing and Regional Strategy steering group, sponsored by Communities and Local Government, the Department of Health, and the Retirement Housing Group.
This briefing note by ILC-UK links to RHG's "Planning for Smaller Households" (see below). Both are based on research carried out by Professor Dave King of Anglia Ruskin University.
Download (July 2007)
Good Practice Guide
A Good Practice Guide by the Planning Officers Society and The Retirement Housing Group. (November 2003)
Planning for Smaller Households
Official Census data shows that the population of England and Wales is projected to steadily increase, as is the percentage of the population of retirement age and over, whilst owner-occupation is expected to grow by 2.5m by 2021. Read the full report. (December 2005)
Sustainable Homes for an Ageing Population
A leaflet summarising the contribution that retirement housing can make to meeting the housing needs of an ageing population.
