Making Housing Affordable Again

The report identifies three groups of people with the most housing-related stress: struggling renters, struggling homeowners and struggling older households.

The report has a specific sections on housing for older people on low incomes and it finds that there is difficulty for older homeowners to pay for home improvements or to move to more suitable accommodation - both being a bigger source of stress than mortgage payments. 

It highlights that roughly 1 million older people have an affordability problem. The AHC also looked into downsizing and recommends that the government takes on board proposals from the APPG on Housing and Care for Older People to offer better advice and incentives to downsize, improved design standards; and consults with councils on setting targets in local plans to provide more and better housing for older people.