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Tools and reports

A range of useful resources that provide practical hints and tips on planning for an ageing population.

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This report offers critical and comprehensive evidence about the housing circumstances, aspirations and preferences of older adults in the UK. Produced by Ipsos in partnership with the Housing Learning and Improvement Network (LIN) with funding from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

UK Seniors Housing Report 2024

Real estate services firm JLL has undertaken research which reveals a shortage of up to 46,000 homes for older people in the UK in the next five years.

Toolkit for place-based plans for housing for older adults

This toolkit, as part of the Serious Game Project funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, is designed to support local areas, strategically and methodically, in thinking about and creating their plans for housing for older adults.

Understanding supply, demand and investment in the market for retirement housing communities in England

The aim of this report is to review the existing evidence to provide an understanding of supply, demand and investment in the market for retirement housing communities in England.

Unlocking retirement opportunity in a post-pandemic world

This research on the future of the retirement living sector shows there is clear appetite for more housing options and this has only increased in light of the pandemic.

What we want: Future-proofing retirement housing in England

The supply of retirement communities needs to be boosted by a third over the next 20 years to keep up with demographic change, according to latest research by the International Longevity Centre.

Future options for housing and care

This discussion paper by SCIE is an initial paper from the Commission on the Role of Housing in the Future of Care and Support discussing housing that facilitates care and support for older people.

Housing and Care for Older People: Defining the Sector

This report by the British Property Federation aims to provide central and local government stakeholders, as well as housing and care sector professionals, an understanding of the housing options available to older people in the UK.

Better homes, better lives: Leaders' Briefing

This Leaders’ briefing by the Housing LIN’s Clare Skidmore and Jeremy Porteus for Research into Practice, details the future demographic challenge to health and social care systems through the lens of housing for older people.

ULI Later Living: Housing with care guide

With a contribution by the Housing LIN, this new guide published by The Urban Land Institute sets out examples of innovative practice within the emerging later living sector for funders, developers, architects, and operators.

Later Living Report: Are we planning for our future?

This report from Barton Willmore identifies the challenges of housing for the UK's ageing population, and looks to create a better understanding of how to combat the issue.

Unlocking the housing market: Helping first time buyers by helping later life buyers

This report by Demos presents the findings and analysis of research exploring both how to stimulate the demand for and supply of older people's housing

Lending into Retirement

With the life expectancy of the UK population increasing by five hours a day, the building society sector has committed to review its maximum age limits for mortgage borrowers, as one way to better support...

Urban demographics: Why people live where they do

This report from the Centre for Cities suggests people's preferences for where they live change as they get older. The main reasons given most commonly by those aged 55 and over for living in their...

Retirement Living - Where is the Opportunity?

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) have published this report that explores the market and examines the huge potential that exists for operators, developers and investors. It highlights a chronic shortage of...

Spotlight: Housing an Ageing Population

This report from Savills highlights the twin challenge of unlocking the equity and making more efficient use of the housing stock. It outlines that although older households are sitting on a large amount...

Retirement Housing 2014 - Residential Research report

The population in the UK is ageing, fast. New research by Knight Frank suggests millions of older people across the UK would consider moving into some sort of retirement housing, but at present, developments...

Housing in later life: planning ahead for specialist housing for older people

This toolkit spells out the processes that could help the HAPPI objectives to be met - with particular emphasis on the role of local planning authorities. Published jointly by the National Housing Federation,...

Market Position Statements and the accommodation needs of older people

This paper is primarily aimed at local authority commissioners and has as its focus how to ensure the development of a diversity of supply of housing through the use of Market Position Statements (MPS)....

Market Assessments of Housing Options for Older People

This comprehensive report by the New Policy Institute for Shelter and the JRF examines 3 key areas that influence housing options for older people. These are choice, availability and affordability; quality...

Planning and Delivering Continuing Care Retirement Communities

This report published by Tetlow King investigates housing and care provision for the older generations and focuses on the planning issues in delivering Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRCs)....

Housing Markets and Independence in Old Age

This new report from McCarthy & Stone highlights the benefits of specialised private retirement accommodation and recommends a number of simple policy changes at no cost to the public purse to help...

Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A User's Guide

Published by the Housing LIN and HOPDEV, this set of leaflets was published in 2009 with key messages linked to national housing strategy for an ageing society.

Planning and Delivering Continuing Care Retirement Communities

Anticipating future accommodation needs - developing a methodology

This Case study No 31 describes an innovative approach to obtaining the views of people approaching retirement about their future housing and accommodation needs, and what they might expect / would like...

More Choice, Greater Voice - a toolkit for producing a strategy for accommodation with care for older people

A toolkit prepared specifically to accompany the government's new National Housing Strategy for an Ageing Society to offer guidance to commissioners and providers to enable them to produce accommodation...

Breaking the mould, re-visioning older people's housing

Contains case studies and suggestions about how the increasing number of older people seeking effective housing solutions can provide business opportunities despite reduced public funds for housing and...

A better fit? Creating housing choices for an ageing population

This new report from Shelter takes a detailed look at the current state of the housing for older people's market and considers whether there is a wide choice of housing for an ageing population and any...

A good place to grow older: learning and innovation from local government

This publication from the Local Government Group and Department for Work and Pensions outlines innovative practice from councils around the country that are developing a better future for their older...

Extra Care Housing Toolkit

This toolkit has been replaced by the Strategic Housing for Older People Resource Pack , however you may find it useful background information. This Toolkit developed by the Housing LIN contains...