Older persons housing strategy

Why we need this strategy

There are several reasons to introduce a housing strategy for older people:

We have an increasing generation of older people, who are living longer, healthier, and more active lives with higher and evolving aspirations for their housing in later life.
Research suggests that good quality housing, secured at the right time, that meets the changing needs of people as they age, significantly preserves the health and wellbeing of older people; in turn making significant savings in expenditure on long term health care & support.
Providing housing that older people want to move to, could have a significant impact on the general housing market, helping to alleviate the country's housing crisis, freeing up equity and much needed family size homes across all sectors.