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Open plan
— building a strategic policy toward older owners | | Author(s) | James Lloyd |
| Corporate Author | Strategic Society Centre |
| Publisher | Strategic Society Centre, London, 2015 |
| Pages | 44 pp |
| Source | Download: http://strategicsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/... |
| Keywords | Owner occupied dwellings ; Economic status [elderly] ; Social policy ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | The UK is experiencing unprecedented growth in older homeowners (some 6.5 million in 2011 just in England). While the rise of the older homeowner has brought some benefits to individuals and society, there are also questions and challenges. This report provides policy analysis and discussion to accompany the findings of 'Older owners: research on the lives, aspirations and housing outcomes of older homeowners in the UK'. It seeks to untangle the emerging overlapping and contradictory policy agendas relating to: specialist retirement housing and home adaptations; under-occupancy and housing supply; the use of housing wealth to fund retirement; and housing wealth taxation and fairness. The report argues the government should: increase the supply and take-up of specialist retirement housing - in the right locations; tackle the barriers and costs of moving home for older homeowners; tackle the 'affordability gap' for older homeowners through partial or shared ownership and 'Help to Buy'; and help older homeowners to 'downsize in place'. Publication of this report has been supported by Hanover Housing. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-151020002 E |
| Classmark | KEA: F:W: TM2: 8 |
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