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Julie and Peter's story - The journey for an accessible home

There is a market out there for accessible housing and the run of the mill estate agents are ignoring it. It’s difficult enough for people that need accessible housing anyway. Even new properties are not being built with accessibility in mind. And it’s a crying shame.

If we transform housing, we can also transform the quality of life for those immediately affected

Poor-quality housing can have a negative impact on us as we grow older, and more of us are affected by this complex problem due to an increasingly ageing population.

Sheila’s story – making a home accessible for independent living

Sheila Dearns is a retired teacher living in Chelmsford, Essex, with her dog Charlie, a chihuahua poodle cross. She was diagnosed with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and became disabled in 1993.

Campaigners warn more than 6.5 million people could still be stuck in dangerous homes by end of next parliament

New Centre for Ageing Better analysis is warning the manifesto pledges by the country’s two largest political parties will have limited impact on the country’s poor quality housing crisis.

How the nation’s housing crisis is contributing to poverty amongst older people

Many older renters and owner occupiers are both finding that rising housing costs are pulling them into poverty.

Counting the Cost: The case for making older people’s homes safe

Ageing Better’s new report found that by removing the most serious risks to people’s health and safety from the country’s poorest quality homes where the head of household is 55 or over would result in savings to the NHS of nearly £600 million per year.

Fixing England’s dangerous homes would deliver more than £1.5 billion in annual health and social care savings

New analysis reveals how poor quality housing is incurring huge costs and pressures on the NHS and social care.

Older woman sitting on floor in her home

It is time to act on the silent scandal of nearly 4 million dangerous homes

We urgently need a national strategy to tackle the poor quality of the country’s homes, writes our Chief Executive Dr Carole Easton OBE.

Home adaptations infographics

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.