The Centre for Ageing Better commissioned the cross-party think tank Demos to explore how Good Home Hubs – an idea pioneered by the Centre for Ageing Better to introduce local one-stop shops for support on housing improvement – could be implemented across England.
The briefing identifies barriers to implementation, calculates current demand for services and estimates the longer-term impacts of setting up Good Home Hubs across the country.
The work builds on previous research by Demos, supported by Centre for Ageing Better and Dunhill Medical Trust, that showed how improving the quality of UK homes could provide a ‘triple dividend’, with benefits for:
- The economy – 107,488 jobs created or sustained in related industries, £858m annual savings to the NHS through prevention, and a £10bn annual boost to the UK.
- Health – 105,151 additional years of healthy life added per year
- The environment – 744,283 tons of CO2 emissions reduced
Additional research and policy analysis about Good Home Hubs can be found here and if you are a local practitioner, please click here for further information about our Good Home Network.
