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Ageing in the middle
— implications for housing and attitudes towards age equality | | Author(s) | Andrew Harrop |
| Corporate Author | Fabian Society; Hanover |
| Publisher | Hanover, Staines, 2013 |
| Pages | 16 pp (The hanover@50debate, 1) |
| Source | Downloads at: http://www.hanover50debate.org.uk/debates/debate-i... |
| Annotation | This is the first in a series of ten think pieces from leading UK think tanks to mark Hanover's 50th year in providing high quality housing and related services for older people. The author calls for a 'presumption of equality' across all age groups. He identifies a disconnect between our attitudes and assumptions about older people, and the reality of their economic position. His research demonstrates that 'middle income' pensioners are almost as well off as middle-income people of working age. Older age is no longer a proxy for poverty: there should be a presumption of equality across age groups, including sharing the pain of deficit reduction. Older people on middle incomes should pay tax at the same rate as working people on similar incomes. High levels of home ownership among this group pose a threat to intergenerational fairness, as younger people cannot afford to buy a new home. Rising house prices help neither older people who rarely unlock the equity or downsize nor younger people who are priced out. More new homes, including better options to tempt would-be downsizers and a property tax, would restrain house price rises. This item is also a chapter in 'Perspectives on ageing and housing: insights by leading UK think tanks' (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-131127003 E |
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