Local Housing Strategy

Local Authorities and their partner organisations are responsible for shaping the housing market across social and private housing, new build and existing stock. The resources listed below include guides for planning in local areas for an ageing population as well as methodologies for calculating levels and types of need.

Locked out: A New Perspective on Older People’s Housing Choices

This briefing, published by the Centre for Ageing Better, sets out how we can challenge the persistent and misleading narratives around older people’s housing and deliver local housing plans that work for people of all ages.

Finding the right place to grow older

Published by the Centre for Ageing Better, this report investigates how we can better understand the difficulties faced by over 4 million older people actively seeking to move home to improve their quality of life.

Unlocking Potential for Seniors Housing Development: Meeting the need for an ageing population

Irwin Mitchell worked with property experts Knight Frank to look at seniors’ housing planning and the progress local authorities are making to provide suitable housing for our ageing population.

A Charter for Older People in Plymouth: Making a commitment to older people when they need care or support

This Housing LIN Case Study no 81 captures the work undertaken by Plymouth City Council's Adult Social Care department with partners and groups of older people within the city to develop a Charter made...

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...

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...

Don't stop me now: preparing for an ageing population

This report, published by the Audit Commission looks at the challenges and opportunities facing England as its population gets older. The report emphasises that councils have a local area leadership...

Building our Futures: meeting the housing needs of an ageing population

The aim of this report is to assist people involved in planning for housing and related services to meet the needs of an ageing population over the next 25 years. The information in the main body of...

Future Housing for Older People

This report describes research into the views of older people about the factors that would make them move from their existing homes. Two cohorts were interviewed, people over 70 years old and people...

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...

Local Area Agreements: maximising the potential for housing for older people

This Housing LIN Briefing No14 is designed to promote the inclusion of older peoples housing needs within Local Area Agreements. It sets out the policy background and goes on to summarise several case...

Older People's Housing and Under-occupancy

This report examines the concept of under-occupancy and the extent to which it contributes to overcrowding and housing shortages. It concludes that older people represent a minority of those under-occupying...

Whose Market? Understanding the demand for Extra Care Housing: A Strategic Approach

A Housing LIN Report with findings from a recent survey on the extent to which local authorities are taking a strategic approach to commissioning extra care housing for older people. The report draws...