Home is where most people want to be in later life and 80% of homeowners aged 65 and over wish to stay where they are. Homes are important for health and wellbeing – home adaptations can delay a move into residential care by four years.
Improving the quality of homes – finding shared goals and a common drive across the county
The Good Home Network brings together local authorities to make connections, share challenges and drive change to improve the quality of homes. The Network is delighted be able to support members to visit other member areas to learn from each other.
Safe Homes Now Spotlight: Black and Minority Ethnic Communities
In this third spotlight by Ageing Better, Runnymede Trust, Race Equality Foundation and People’s Health Trust, we look at the disproportionate impact of poor-quality homes on people from Black and minority ethnic communities.
People should not have to live like this: Time to end the poor-quality housing crisis
Housing activist Kwajo Tweneboa has seen some of the most horrific living conditions faced by tenants across the UK in his years of social justice campaigning.
One in five older people living in a home which could make them sicker this winter
New data from Ageing Better reveals the scale of the country’s poor quality housing crisis and the widespread impact it is having on the nation’s health.
More than 2.5 million pensioners losing their Winter Fuel Payments have incomes below levels needed for a dignified life
New analysis from the Centre for Ageing Better reveals that millions of pensioners on very low incomes will have to make do without a Winter Fuel Payment this year.
As society ages, good-quality homes are needed more than ever before
This week the government's cross-department Older People’s Housing Taskforce released its report on the housing options available to us as we age, highlighting the need to improve the quantity and quality of our homes.