Two newly published resources support local areas to plan for older people’s housing

These two newly published resources present the findings from a pilot study of a ‘Serious Game’ called Hopetown, an innovative tool for developing local housing partnerships, led by the Social Care Institute for Excellence in partnership with Socialudo, United St Saviour's Charity and Housing LIN. 

Place-based plans for housing for older adults

SCIE has published a toolkit for place-based plans for housing for older adults. This resource is specifically designed to support local areas in creating a business case for housing for older people. The toolkit sets out ten steps needed to understand the local population and housing need, the cost benefits and social value. It is designed of use to anyone who could be involved in a housing partnership, including older people, community groups and providers as well as the local authority.

Developing local housing partnerships: a Serious Game for older people’s housing

This evaluation report presents the key learning from a pilot study of a ‘Serious Game’ called Hopetown undertaken in Southwark, London. Hopetown is a novel tool for bringing people together to develop a shared vision for housing for older people that supports age friendly communities. Hopetown facilitates getting the right people in the room to work together, including health, housing, social care, the local authority, local providers and community groups.

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Webinar: Supporting local areas to develop a housing vision and strategy for older people on Monday 29th April from 2:00pm-3.30pm

In this webinar SCIE will present these two interconnected resources aimed at supporting local areas to develop their strategy and business case for housing for older adults. 

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