New Housing LIN guest blog by Dr Sophie Yarker discusses the role of social infrastructure for older people

In this new Housing LIN blog, Dr Sophie Yarker, Research Fellow, the University of Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group, introduces her recently published book, ‘Creating Spaces for an ageing Society, the Role of Critical Social Infrastructure (opens new window)’, and discusses the role of social infrastructure for older people.

Sophie highlights how social infrastructure played a crucial role in our capacity to respond to the Coronavirus pandemic, and further why we need to pay much greater attention to the spaces and buildings that are important to local communities to understand how they contribute to the social life of a place.