Resource Library

Nearly two years after the Older People’s Housing Taskforce published its report, ‘Our future homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing population’, the government has published its response, setting out a ‘roadmap’ on how it aims to drive the Taskforce’s recommendations forward.

Former Bield CEO Lynne Douglas shares learning from her Churchill Fellowship travels to New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Hong Kong, exploring age friendly environments that promote older people’s wellbeing, and sets out five recommendations for the UK.

This National Audit Office investigation sets out the facts on how England’s supported housing system works and how government oversees it, across DLUHC, DWP, DHSC and local authorities. It makes no recommendations and does not assess value for money.

This UK Cohousing Network paper follows American architect Charles “Chuck” Durrett’s recent tour of England and Wales, drawing on his experience designing over 55 US cohousing communities to revisit the core values underpinning cohousing in the UK.

This guide by Appello is essential reading for those who manage this precious resource for older and vulnerable people and/or offer technology-enabled care and support to residents in their schemes, especially ahead of the 31 January 2027 digital switchover deadline.

This DHSC report provides details of local authority revenue spend £31.6 billion on adult social care in 2025/2026, an increase of £2.3 billion on the previous year. Furthermore, 81% (or £25.8 billion) was spent on long-term support, an increase of £2.2 billion.

The Supported Housing Advisory Panel’s initial advice to ministers has finally been published. The advice looks at how assessments of local need for supported housing can be improved, give commissioners a stronger role in shaping provision, and make sure local supported housing strategies actually lead to more housing being delivered.

The London Assembly Housing Committee met this week to examine whether London's homes are ready for an ageing population. It heard evidence on how well existing housing meets older people's needs, the challenges of adapting homes to support independent living, and whether enough specialist housing is being provided to these groups.

This free toolkit has loads of ideas for staff and residents to work on together to improve the quality of the home environment for people with a learning disability. Funded by the NIHR School for Social Care Research, the project led by KCL, was done with adults with learning disabilities living in group homes with staff support.