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Housing and intergenerational fairness
— encouraging understanding between young and old by building more and better homes for all | | Author(s) | Alex Morton |
| Corporate Author | Policy Exchange; Hanover |
| Publisher | Hanover, Staines, 2013 |
| Pages | 18 pp (The hanover@50debate, 2) |
| Source | Downloads at: http://www.hanover50debate.org.uk/debates/debate-i... |
| Annotation | This is the second 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 more high quality housing for all, without antagonising local people. High house prices and rents are making home ownership the preserve of older people and the wealthy, hitting economic performance and entrenching inequality between and within generations. Although this is a national problem, high housing costs are already threatening London's ability to attract and keep the best young talent. A dysfunctional planning system has failed to deliver the numbers of homes we need, or the type of housing that would encourage downsizing. The country needs to build more homes that people - particularly older people - want to live in and that blend in with existing communities and countryside. The community infrastructure levy paid by housing associations building homes for older people could fund the care and support of their residents. The two measures above would reduce nimbyism, forming part of a grand bargain between the generations - more affordable housing for younger people whose tax helps fund our ageing society. This item is also a chapter in 'Perspectives on ageing and housing: insights by leading UK think tanks' (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-131127004 E |
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