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This session saw the soft launch of Shakespeare Martineau’s White Paper on housing for older people, ‘Moving On: Could later living be the answer to the housing crisis’. With the government promising an Older People’s Housing Task Force, this timely paper calls for a more expansive ‘rightsizer’ housing market for our ageing population across all tenures.
The session shared and reflected on the ‘housing lifecycle’ findings from this White Paper with expert speakers from the consumer sector, academia and the social and private sector extra care/retirement living market.
Chaired by Louise Drew, Partner and Head of the Building Communities team at Shakespeare Martineau solicitors, we were also joined by:
- Professor Peter Roberts OBE, former chair of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and an Emeritus Professor at Leeds University
- Ruth Jennings, Executive Director of Care and East Midlands Housing Group
- Emma Webster, Head of Corporate Affairs and Political Engagement at Life Story Group
- Tony Watts OBE, writer and founder of the Age Action Alliance.
Read two guest blogs for the Housing LIN by speakers Louise Drew and Tony Watts OBE.
We are thankful to this session's sponsor, Shakespeare Martineau solicitors.
Event feedback:
- A great start - highlighting the root causes and where the issues need addressing.
- Knowledgeable speakers providing input from a range of perspectives.
- Very thought provoking and interesting debate.
